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expectation

[ek-spek-tey-shuh

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noun

the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.

the act or state of looking forward or anticipating.

an expectant mental attitude: a high pitch of expectation.

something expected; a thing looked forward to.

Often, expectations. a prospect of future good or profit: to have great expectations.

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the degree of probability that something will occur: There is little expectation that he will come.

Statistics. mathematical expectation.

the state of being expected: a large sum of money in expectation.

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Origin:
1530–40; < Latin expectātiōn- (stem of expectātiō) an awaiting, equivalent to expectāt(us) (past participle of expectāre to expect) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

ex·pec·ta·tion·al, adjective

ex·pec·ta·tion·ist, noun

o·ver·ex·pec·ta·tion, noun

pre·ex·pec·ta·tion, noun

su·per·ex·pec·ta·tion, noun

Can be confused: expectancy, expectation.

Synonyms
2. expectancy, anticipation; hope, trust.

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Men, meanwhile, can struggle with the social expectation that husbands should always be the breadwinner.

Expectation to contribute to the department's general education offerings.

Only six months ago, the general expectation was that the financial world was about to fall off a cliff.

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Men, meanwhile, can struggle with the social expectation that husbands should always be the breadwinner.

Expectation to contribute to the department's general education offerings.

Only six months ago, the general expectation was that the financial world was about to fall off a cliff.

Unless you've been invited, the normal expectation is that everyone pays his/her share of the bill.

The scenario in the park had required no conversation, no prior acquaintance and no expectation of future interaction.

The cast is an expectation of what may yet be found.

All it requires is a reasonable expectation of getting better.

Significant scholarship is an expectation of the position.

The expectation of increased spending on roads and railways has helped to lift raw-material prices.

Ferries turned into floating markets and in village after village locals received them with great excitement and expectation.

The test measures the expectation that others will value the group over themselves.

The moral is that trust is ultimately about the expectation of rewards.

There is, however, no expectation of any advancement.

There are reports of a surge in gun sales, as militias rearm in the expectation of renewed strife.

So it was with giddy expectation that the team began to excavate a skeleton of an unknown bipedal hunter.

The expectation is that the biosimilar would perform as well as, and would be as safe as, the original drug.

Consumers have shown a clear preference for streaming services, so it's a natural expectation on game consoles.

It was about finding a way to address the implicit expectation.

Some of that may be due to investors buying in expectation of a second half rally.

The holiday also carries an expectation of mischief that may be increasingly prevalent at championship-level sporting events.

Of course there are exceptions and reversals, etc but on average, this is the expectation.

And when those revelations don't manifest, it creates an expectation that the trove is neither useful nor significant.

The alliance awards the grants with the expectation that some student.

The main opposition party is savouring a victory beyond all expectation.

Hunter had become hunted and the bridge held the taut expectation of ambush.

Its a attempt to teach the bible is untrue with the expectation it will be seen as untrue.

Increasing one's salary is, of course, another expectation.

History,culture,Music could be sent with no expectation of a reply.

So a good deal of the cheer is based on the expectation of a big fiscal stimulus.

Investors have been happy to buy its inflation-linked bonds, on the expectation that consumer prices will rise sharply.

The government's current enormous popularity could quickly dissipate if that expectation remains unrealised.

These are written with some concern for professional credibility and in the expectation of selling comparatively few copies.

The world's poor will hope the position was given in reward for past loyalties, not in expectation of future favours.

So the prices of securities may have reflected the expectation of inflows of foreign money.

Yet this largely reflects speculative capital inflows lured by the expectation of a currency revaluation.

People have been buying purely in the expectation of capital gain, regardless of the underlying income stream.

It was evident that the hour had come for a nomination, and everybody was on the tiptoe of expectation.

Heaven forbid there be any expectation that students pursue actual disciplinary content.

Until recently, the widespread expectation was that some version of an idea called string theory would prevail.

It is our expectation that, together, these programs will lead to several key outcomes:.

The attendance of spectators was quite large, many persons having been attracted doubtless by the expectation of hearing.

The book is a lesson in the limitations of rational expectation.

Also, new evidence from the field of quantum physics would indicate that the expectation of an observer affects the results.

The affair had been postponed for two weeks, with the expectation that.

So the expectation needs to be set at the point of entry into the school itself, which is enrollment.

And yet having the ability to communicate constantly leads to the expectation of constant.

The rush he claims to feel after injection is called expectation.

She said the college has every expectation that enrollment will continue to increase and wants to be prepared.

The weight of expectation had left him mentally exhausted, he said.

I'll third the advice to talk to your adviser and ask around your department to find out what the expectation is there.

Increasingly, they are graduating into a world of overblown expectation and debt.

And, further, a reasonable expectation is that the friction wouldn t be intermittent.

Kant said that the essence of humor is a strained expectation dissolving into nothing.

There is no expectation of confidentiality of behavior at a library.

Horse-trading has already begun in expectation of a hung parliament.

Sparrow continues to research the impact on learning if instructors remove the expectation of memorization.

But, it was all the expectation that there is this order in the universe.

Most of these patents are probably filed with the expectation that they will be ignored.

Only humans routinely care for total strangers, with no expectation of reward.

Our expectation of continued grow is unsubstainable.

The company cut its dividend in the expectation of further withdrawals this year.

Its no different then leaving a key outside your door and not expectation your home not be robbed.

The expectation is that your self-study is prepared by a representative campus committee of.

As for moral hazard, the expectation of future bail-outs may prompt managers and unions in other industries to behave rashly.

First of all, anybody who sprays anything anywhere with the expectation that the spray will kill.

What you're trying to do is change the expectation around collaborative writing, say, or around scheduling.

People show consideration for others in the hope or expectation that the favour will be returned.

Shoot in low light with any reasonable expectation of image detail.

Every academic on the tenure track feels the expectation to put work first.

And the braver among them will be keen on the expectation that the children take responsibility for their own progress.

Give the new music therapy department a clear expectation about what has to happen before.

Apple has not created an expectation that its phones, handhelds and tablets have a period of time during which they work.

If you must share your future ambitions, never confuse aspiration and expectation.

Many times there is this expectation that atheletic men are dumb men.

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World English Dictionary

expectation (ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act or state of expecting or the state of being expected
2.	(usually plural) something looked forward to, whether feared or hoped for: we have great expectations for his future; their worst expectations
3.	an attitude of expectancy or hope; anticipation: to regard something with expectation
4.	statistics
	a. the numerical probability that an event will occur
	b. another term for expected value

expectative

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

expectation

1530s, from M.Fr. expectation or directly from L. expectationem (nom. expectatio) "anticipation," from expectare (see expect). Related: Expectations.

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