anticipation, reckoning, calculation; foresight &c 510.
contemplation, prospection†, lookout; prospect, perspective,
horizon, vista; destiny &c 152.
suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity &c 455; anxious
expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless
expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of Tantalus.
hope &c 858; trust &c (belief) 484; auspices &c (prediction) 511;
assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance.
V. expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for;
anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view;
contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder at &c 870, not wonder if.
wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep
a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at
'attention' abide, bide one's time, watch.
foresee &c 510; prepare for &c 673; forestall &c (be early) 132;
count upon &c (believe in) 484; think likely &c (probability) 472.
lead one to expect &c (predict) 511; have in store for &c
(destiny) 152.
prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.
Adj. expectant; expecting &c v.; in expectation &c n.; on the watch &c
(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 &c 455; looking forward to.
expected &c v.; long expected, foreseen; in prospect &c 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 &c (destiny) 152.
Adv. on the watch &c adj.; with breathless expectation &c n.; with
bated breath, with rapt anticipation; arrectis auribus [Lat.].
Phr. we shall see; nous verrons [Fr.]; expectation whirls me round
[Troilus and Cressida]; the light at the end of the tunnel.