(archaic, usually in plural form "expectations") One's prospects of inheritance
(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean
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A strong belief that something will happen or be the case
“We sold our shares with the expectation that the company's earnings would decline.”
The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring
“There is little expectation that our issues will be addressed in a timely manner.”
The act of expecting or anticipating
“He was standing alone, tense with expectation, for the train that was due any minute.”
(archaic, usually in plural form "expectations") One's prospects of inheritance
“Little did Pip know that he was about to become a boy of great expectations.”
A belief that someone should behave in a particular way
“Frankly, your expectation of my performance is far from realistic given my limitations.”
(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean
“To calculate the expectation, add up all the values and divide the sum by the number of values.”
A statement of what will happen in the future
A state of having positive beliefs or happy thoughts
The act of postulating or something postulated
The action of expecting something
An intention for which something is hoped to be accomplished
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice
A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact
The future destined for a person or thing
A requirement for something
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