Expectation

Quick meaning: Expectation is a noun meaning The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

Meaning

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

More Meanings

1. That which is expected or looked for.
2. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
3. (statistics, colloquial) The arithmetic mean.
4. (medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
5. 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.
6. (statistics) The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.

Example Sentences

I entered early adulthood with the same expectation: I would marry, and my husband would manage our money.

Charles Penrhyn, for he was the object of Louisa's preference, had expectations—that term, so vague when those expectations depend upon others.

Thus the B.R. diesel fleet today is composed of a rather assorted collection of designs. Some have proved to be remarkably satisfactory in service; others have so far not come up to expectations and I suppose it is doubtful whether any more orders for some types will be forthcoming.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

Word Forms

• expectations
• expection

Synonyms for expectation

Depending on context, synonyms include prospect, anticipation, outlook.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anticipation, prospect, outlook, expectancy, anticipatory, expected.

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