Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

simple past tense and past participle of expect

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.

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.