expectation
/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen; That which is expected or looked for; That which is expected or looked for.; An implicit obligation or duty held by another in someone's view
- plural
- expectations
Meanings
- 1
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen
Her expectations are too high.
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Tom has very high expectations.
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- 2
That which is expected or looked for
- 3
That which is expected or looked for.; An implicit obligation or duty held by another in someone's view
- 4
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rankrare
- 5
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent eventrare
- 6
The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experimentrare
- 7
The arithmetic meanrare
- 8
The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a curerare