expectation
An expectation is a belief about what might happen in the future, like your expectation to stay close with your best friends your whole life.
The word expectation comes from the Latin word expectationem, meaning “an awaiting.” If you have great expectations, you think something good will come your way, but if keep your expectations low, you won’t risk being disappointed. Expectation can also describe something that is supposed to happen, like a teacher whose expectation is that everyone comes to class prepared.
Definitions of expectation
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
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hope, promisegrounds for feeling hopeful about the future
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foretastean early limited awareness of something yet to occur
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possibilitya future prospect or potential
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anticipation, expectancysomething expected (as on the basis of a norm)
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apprehension, misgivingpainful expectation
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rainbowan illusory hope
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life expectancyan expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
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beliefany cognitive content held as true
the feeling that something is about to happen
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anticipation, expectancyan expectation
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suspenseexcited anticipation of an approaching climax
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feverintense nervous anticipation
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hopea specific instance of feeling hopeful
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feelingthe experiencing of affective and emotional states
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
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hopefulnessfull of hope
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hopefulness
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
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mean, mean valuean average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
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mean, mean value
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