(transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs. / (transitive, intransitive) To spit.

(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting. / (physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. / That which is expected or looked for.

(transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen / To consider obligatory or required. / To consider reasonably due.

Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

simple past tense and past participle of expect

(of a person) The amount of time one is expected to live. / (figuratively, by extension, of an idea or an object) The amount of time something is expected to last.

present participle of expect

Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

The process by which somebody expects something.