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Expectation

Expectation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Expectation? [n] belief about (or mental picture of) the future [n] the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values [n] the feeling that something is about to happen [n] wishing with confidence of fulfillment Synonyms \| Synonyms for Expectation: anticipation \| arithmetic mean \| expected value \| first moment \| outlook \| prospect Related Terms \| Find terms related to Expectation: aftertime \| afteryears \| anticipation \| apprehension \| apprehensiveness \| aptitude \| aspiration \| assumption \| assurance \| assured faith \| awelessness \| belief \| by-and-by \| calmness \| chance \| cheerful expectation \| composure \| confidence \| conjecture \| conviction \| cool \| coolness \| course ahead \| crystal ball \| demand \| dependence \| design \| desire \| determinism \| distant future \| doomed hope \| dueness \| entitledness \| entitlement \| eventuality \| expectancy \| fair expectation \| fair prospect \| faith \| favorable prospect \| fervent hope \| foresight \| forward look \| future \| future tense \| futurism \| futurity \| good chance \| good cheer \| good hope \| great expectations \| guess \| hereafter \| high hopes \| hope \| hopeful prognosis \| hopefulness \| hopes \| hoping \| hoping against hope \| immediate future \| immediate prospect \| imminence \| inexcitability \| insistence \| intention \| justice \| justifiable expectation \| liability \| likelihood \| likeliness \| meritedness \| motive \| near future \| nodding acceptance \| nonamazedness \| nonamazement \| nonastonishment \| nonmarveling \| nonwonder \| nonwondering \| notion \| odds \| offing \| outlook \| posteriority \| prayerful hope \| prediction \| presumption \| presumptive evidence \| probabilism \| probability \| project \| promise \| prophecy \| prospect \| prospects \| reasonable ground \| reasonable hope \| reliance \| requirement \| sanguine expectation \| security \| supposition \| surmise \| suspense \| tendency \| the future \| the morrow \| the sweet by-and-by \| time ahead \| time just ahead \| time to come \| tomorrow \| trust \| unamazedness \| unamazement \| unastonishment \| unimpressibleness \| unsurprise \| unsurprisedness \| verisimilitude \| want \| watchfulness \| well-grounded hope \| wish \| wonderlessness See Also \| anticipation \| anticipation \| apprehension \| belief \| expectancy \| expectancy \| feeling \| foretaste \| hope \| hopefulness \| mean \| mean value \| misgiving \| possibility \| promise Expectation In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`pec*ta"tion\n. [L. expectio. exspectio: cf. F. expectation.] 1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. ``In expectation of a guest.'' --Tennyson. My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. --Ps. lxii. 5. 2. That which is expected or looked for. Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman. --Milton. 3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank. His magnificent expectations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best match in Europe. --Prescott. By all men's eyes a youth of expectation. --Otway. 4. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event. 5. (Med.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. {Expectation of life}, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age. Syn: Anticipation; confidence; trust.

Expectation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expectation?

[n] belief about (or mental picture of) the future
[n] the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
[n] the feeling that something is about to happen
[n] wishing with confidence of fulfillment

Expectation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex`pec*ta"tion\n. [L. expectio. exspectio: cf. F.
expectation.]
1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an
   event as about to happen. ``In expectation of a guest.''
   --Tennyson.

         My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation
         is from him.                          --Ps. lxii. 5.

2. That which is expected or looked for.

         Why our great expectation should be called The seed
         of woman.                             --Milton.

3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something
   excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good
   to come, esp. of property or rank.

         His magnificent expectations made him, in the
         opinion of the world, the best match in Europe.
                                               --Prescott.

         By all men's eyes a youth of expectation. --Otway.

4. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or
   property) which depends upon some contingent event.
   Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of
   the event.

5. (Med.) The leaving of the disease principally to the
   efforts of nature to effect a cure.

{Expectation of life}, the mean or average duration of the
   life individuals after any specified age.

Syn: Anticipation; confidence; trust.

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