Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive.

Roget 507: expectant; expecting etc. v.; in expectation etc. n.; on the watch etc. (vigilant) 459; open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation; agape, gaping, all agog; on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets^†; ready; curious etc. 455; looking forward to.    expected etc. v.; long expected, foreseen; in prospect etc. n.; prospective; in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner; impending etc. (destiny) 152.    ... show more

Roget 871: expecting etc. v.; unamazed, astonished at nothing; blase etc. (weary) 841; expected etc. v.; foreseen; unsurprising.    common, ordinary, normal, typical, usual etc. (habitual) 613.    ... show more