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Definition of expect : 1. Expectation.
2. To look for ( mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause ( with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
3. To wait for; to await.
4. To wait; to stay.

Synonyms:

impart, express, continue, lodge, inconceivable, transport, improbable, calculate, take care, digest, take over, stick out, predict, have a bun in the oven, obligation, take, transmit, pack, involve, hold, plan on, I don't suppose, enquire, play for time, brook, suppose, acquit, surprise, look to, deport, inquire, conceptualize, give birth, remain, support, inhabit, call for, require, hold back, bear, accept, previse, comport, bide, there is no question of something, tolerate, reckon, doubtful, stomach, reckon on, count, run, exact, stock, hesitate, confront, bet, procrastinate, command, deliver, put up, channel, turn out, behave, endure, ask, seem, stay, wear, stockpile, look for, temporize, put off, reside, conduct, wait around, wait, attend, stand, figure on, unlikely, hold off, watch, bargain for, demand, promise, tarry, take something for granted, necessitate, count on, convey, conceptualise, gestate, live, face, postulate, sway, forestall, dwell, extend, bargain on, look, have, appear, call, dim, remote, depend on, front, you'll be lucky, delay, sit on, sojourn, suffer, see, persuade, depend, calculate on, rest, long odds, search, stop, waitress, prognosticate, abide, counter, birth, contain, carry, dribble, yield, pay, post

envisage, deduce, presume, imagine, gather, assume, forebode, apprehend, dread, envision, surmise, foresee, foreknow, await, suspect, infer, presuppose, contemplate

foretell, prophesy

crave, thirst, hanker, lust, hunger, itch, welcome, need, long, pine, covet, fancy, grasp

dream of, aspire, trust, hope, rely, want, believe, desire, yearn

chart, arrange, plot, contrive, invent, coordinate, blueprint, design, conceive, anticipate, premeditate

intend, scheme, aim, mean, mind, consider, wish, endeavor, resolve, plan, propose, choose

Usage examples:

• No, but I expect him. - "Three Comedies", Björnstjerne M. Björnson Commentator: R. Farquharson Sharp.
• By the way, don't expect much of your uncle. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• You are just as I was- only I didn't expect anything. - "The Exploits of Elaine", Arthur B. Reeve.