expect
This third stage is perhaps expectable after the previous two.
Family relationships change in expectable ways over time.
She should try to maximize the expectable value of her investment.
The pattern of behaviour is expectable in this environment.
This outcome seems quite natural and expectable.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Planning, expecting and arranging
accidentally
accidentally on purposeidiom
advertent
advisedly
aim at something
bargain
conscious
have something in mindidiom
have something up your sleeveidiom
horizon scanning
how are you fixed for something?idiom
I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
pencil
provident
providently
provision
purpose
purposefully
purposely
settle