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expectation
  1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
  2. That which is expected or looked for.
  3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
  4. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
  5. (statistics) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
  6. (colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.
  7. (medicine) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. assumption, supposition, anticipation, belief, calculation, prediction, presumption, projection, conjecture, expectance, forecast, surmise, conviction, expectancy, faith, notion, presupposition, reckoning, trust, view, apprehension, contemplation, fancy, hypothesis, postulation, guess, opinion, suspicion, theory, inference, deduction, thought, hunch, conclusion, postulate, premise, speculation, sneaking suspicion, thesis, posit, shot, idea, stab, impression, judgement, acceptance, judgment, shot in the dark, hypothetical, premiss … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “We sold our shares with the expectation that the company's earnings would decline.”
      “There is little expectation that our issues will be addressed in a timely manner.”
      “He was standing alone, tense with expectation, for the train that was due any minute.”
expectancy
  1. expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
  2. the state of being expected
  3. something expected or awaited
  4. Synonyms:
      5. anticipation, expectation, hope, eagerness, excitement, expectance, waiting, hopefulness, bated breath, suspense, impatience, high hopes, keenness, high expectations, thrill, relish, ambition, optimism, great expectations, high standards, uncertainty, aspiration, butterflies, expectingness, tension, butterflies in the stomach, awaiting, countdown, encouragement, looking forward, likelihood, outlook, probability, prospect, tendency, possibility, chance, promise, odds, likeliness, lookout, danger, forecast, future, hopes, trend … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Let's temper expectancy with caution, knowing that a team is only as good, or indeed as bad, as its last outing.”
      “The country's average adult life expectancy has been cut by six months in the biggest reduction in official longevity forecasts.”
      “In other words, Indian life expectancy improved, both absolutely and relative to that for non-Indians.”
expectance
  1. Anticipation, hope.
  2. Alternative spelling of expectancy
  3. Synonyms:
      4. expectation, assumption, supposition, anticipation, belief, calculation, prediction, presumption, projection, conjecture, forecast, surmise, conviction, expectancy, faith, notion, presupposition, reckoning, trust, view, apprehension, contemplation, fancy, preconception, foreseeing, foresight, premeditation, consideration, prescience, awareness, presentiment, forethought, premonition, prior knowledge, looking forward, hypothesis, postulation, guess, opinion, suspicion, theory, inference, deduction, thought, hunch, conclusion, postulate, premise, speculation, sneaking suspicion … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In expectance of two words of you this morning I venture to offer you my best wishes for the future.”
      “Ingleby's tweets unleashed an avalanche of disbelief, disgust and, in some cases, weary expectance.”
      “Open image in new window Fig. 2 The expectance of different number of defective products in a sample with 20 products.”
expectedness
  1. The state or quality of being expected.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. certainty, liability, likelihood, obviousness, predictability, predictableness, probability, sureness
  3. Examples:
      4. “We have first an expectation, then a sensation with the feeling of expectedness related to memory of the expectation.”
      “Therefore, a causality assessment and determination of expectedness are needed for a decision on whether or not expedited reporting is required.”
      “However, the expectedness can only be calculated in this way when every alternative to hypothesis hi is specified.”
expectee
  1. One from whom something is expected.
expecting
  1. The process by which somebody expects something.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. family way, gestation, pregnancy, gravidity, gravid, pregnant, being pregnant, with child, carrying a child, in for, due, ready for, due for … more
expectingness
  1. (rare) expectancy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anticipation, expectancy, expectation, hope, expectance, eagerness, hopefulness, suspense, excitement, keenness, awaiting, countdown, impatience, high hopes, looking forward … more
expecter
  1. One who expects.
expectations
  1. plural of expectation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. future, destiny, fate, fortune, doom, calling, prospects, chances, purpose, design, vocation, kismet, lot in life, prospect, likely advancement, likely improvement, likely success, lookout, view of the future, lot, call, circumstance, due, inevitability, portion, expectation, objective, conclusion, predetermination, constellation, finality, happenstance, break, hereafter, dole, orlay, condition, horoscope, foreordination, nemesis, serendipity, ordinance, certainty, intent, intention, cup, wheel of fortune, world to come, high standards, rules … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The waboom forms part of South Africas fynbos vegetation and lives up to expectations with its adaptations to fire.”
      “Sometimes, I abominate feminism, for it discloses to me that what surrounds me is wrong, and it increases my expectations for a better society.”
      “We need to understand your aims and expectations as well as any budget restraints you might have.”
expectances
  1. plural of expectance
  2. Synonyms:
      3. expectation, assumptions, supposition, anticipations, beliefs, calculation, predictions, presumptions, projection, conjecture, forecasts, surmises, conviction, expectancies, faith, notions, presupposition, reckonings, trust, views, apprehensions, contemplation, fancies, premonitions, prescience, prior knowledge, foreseeings, foresight, premeditation, presentiments, preconceptions, awareness, forethoughts, consideration, hypotheses, inference, premisses, thought, guesses, deductions, sneaking suspicions, premises, postulates, givens, postulation, speculation, posits, conclusions, hypotheticals, shots in the dark … more
expectancies
  1. plural of expectancy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anticipations, expectation, hope, eagerness, excitement, expectances, waiting, hopefulness, suspense, impatience, high hopes, keenness, thrills, relish, expectingness, countdowns, tension, uncertainty, optimism, ambition, encouragement, aspiration, passionateness, avidity, yearnings, impetuosity, lust, greed, passion, zings, dedication, alacrity, longings, commitment, zeal, hunger, enthusiasm, appetencies, fervor, avidness, greediness, voraciousness, wishings, fervour, thirsts, vehemence, voracity, intentness, solicitude, readiness … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Citizens of economically underdeveloped countries typically have shorter life expectancies than do citizens of the developed countries.”
      “As life expectancies increase and we become more healthy in old age, sexagenarians may well want to do things undreamed of by their predecessors.”
      “It would be interesting to know is whether people with symmetrical faces have longer life expectancies.”
expectings
  1. plural of expecting
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gestation, pregnancy, gravidities, pregnants, dues
expecters
  1. plural of expecter
expectees
  1. plural of expectee
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