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

present participle of expect

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

The process by which somebody expects something.

Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something. / The state of being expected. / (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.

plural of expectation

Marked by expectation. / Pregnant. / (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.