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expectation Noun

— An expectation is something you think is going to happen (something you expect to happen). Zeke's mother had every expectation that he would go to university after high school. So she was surprised when he told her he was joining the military instead. The doctors told me, "Our expectations are that these tests will not show any serious problems. But we want to do them anyway just to be safe." — An expectation is something that a person is supposed to do, has to do, or needs to do. After Latasha forgot to pay her Internet bill, the Internet company told her: "Our expectation is that you will pay on time in the future." His parents' expectations were that Kyle would clean his room, make his bed, and make dinner every night. — If you do something in expectation, you do it while waiting for something to happen (you are expecting something). Before they were married, Bill would wait by the telephone for hours every night in expectation of Monica's next call. As soon as she was served the chocolate-covered strawberries, her mouth began to water in expectation of how good they would taste.

expectation

— noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future — noun (= anticipation) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment — noun the feeling that something is about to happen — noun (= arithmetic mean) the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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hope anticipation wish prospect expectancy forecast waiting desire wait thought sentiment prediction outlook expected value expectance calculation mind looking-for heart feelings expect emotion belief aspiration want suspicion prospects presentiment mental estimate mean intention first moment estimate await arithmetic mean anticipate yearning will wants view trust touch suspense supposition sense schedule reckoning promise programme program

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What words refer to something that may happen in the future?

expectation prospect possibility

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Simple sentences

He fell short of our expectation.

It fell short of my expectation.

It will prove to be up to expectation.

His heart bounded with expectation.

Her answer corresponds to my expectation.

A sense of expectation is hanging in the air.

We were filled with joyful expectation.

How long will be this expectation?

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I have a high expectation for the girl this time..

You've lived up to every expectation he's ever had.

Such great expectation, all miscalculation. Short of one they must be - just when one's meant for me!

Now how can anybody jump off a slow moving train like that with any kind of expectation that he would kill himself?

For now sits expectation in the air and hides a sword from hilt unto the point with crowns imperial, crowns and coronets, promised to Harry and his followers.

Our expectation hath this day an end.

But there's no real expectation of life.

Arrival in a new country always carries a sense of expectation.

Expectation of new impressions.

Find a place to lodge, stay with the expectation that things would mend.

Apart from the scientific explanation, the expectation that the world.

I only tell you that you must entertain no expectation or hope that you will escape the consequences of it.

I think that must be a terrible sort of expectation to live up to all the time.

It would make me very happy, happy beyond all expectation, if you would do me the honour to become my wife.

Now how can anybody jump off a slow moving train like that. with any kind of expectation that he would kill himself?

Not with fear, but with excitement and expectation.

This girl's face expresses the expectation of a beautiful destiny.

Your hand is extended in an incomplete gesture of expectation, uncertainty. Or perhaps of appeal, or defense.

This expectation is intolerable for Arthur and for us.

We offer you this exchange with the full expectation that you will comply in an honorable manner.

Smell the expectation!

You can smell an expectation?

And when they fling it open in blazing expectation of finding all the answers to all life's questions, what do they find?

Anticipating a significant evening, full of passionate expectation Helmont, Chevalier of the Golden Fleece, not stinted.

They ended up in the freezing water, and against expectation, survived.

I admit I was a bit disappointed. I had a different expectation of the black market.

You have told me she hath received them and returned me expectation and comforts of respect and acquaintance, but I find none.

Adele. my dearest Adele. it would make me very happy. happy beyond expectation if you would become my wife.

I increase my price. in proportion to my expectation of pleasure.

You raise my expectation.

The expectation of receiving. instant gratification in daily life. and that this gratification constitutes. the normative parameter of existence.

I appreciate that, and i hope i live up to your expectation.

The beating heart, the expectation of the stranger.

Should the police be allowed to invade what is clearly private, or do only those who can afford a home have the expectation of privacy?

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This expectation is an inevitable consequence of Turkey's geography and history.

The overwhelming - and sensible - expectation is that the two parties will compromise and raise the debt ceiling before inflicting serious economic and financial dislocations.

An expectation that interest rates will be high sometime in the next decade should mean high interest rates on long-term bonds today.

For the general expectation is that if France rejects the Constitution, the Constitution would be dead, and no British referendum would be needed.

Hamas initially reacted skeptically to the statehood bid, but supported it after the cease-fire, owing to its expectation that it will be able to exploit Palestine's upgraded status.

Failure to do so would not only create hardship for the millions of unemployed, but would also threaten political stability, which depends on the expectation of continuing economic prosperity.

This expectation lowers the cost of credit for megabanks today (relative to their competitors, which are small enough that they are more likely to be allowed to fail).

Deflation is potentially a very serious problem, because falling prices - and the expectation that prices will continue to fall - would make the current economic downturn worse in three distinct ways.

It means betting against an asset with borrowed money in the expectation of making a profit when its value goes down.

By contrast, sky-high US interest rates produced by a general expectation of a massive ongoing dollar decline is a macroeconomic problem without a solution.

Both countries are oil producers, and there is widespread expectation among their citizens that that wealth will be a big advantage in rebuilding their societies.

In the meantime, America and Europe should base their policies toward Russia on mutual interests, not the expectation of mutual values.

Seven years of debt deflation, reinforced by the expectation of everlasting austerity, have decimated private and public investment and forced anxious, fragile banks to stop lending.

And all of them, like most Libyans, share the unrealistic expectation that their newfound freedom will somehow solve their socio-economic woes.

He ignores the findings of his Nobel co-winners, the IPCC, who conclude that sea levels will rise between only a half-foot and two feet over this century, with their best expectation being about one foot.

Nor are there clearly identifiable differences in doctrine that should translate into a reasonable expectation of better economic performance under one party than the other.

Moreover, capital inflows increased significantly, owing to real investment opportunities in the high-growth economy and the expectation of renminbi revaluation.

But the EU was built on the expectation of crisis.

The expectation that interest rates in the United States will rise is driving up the value of the dollar, even as monetary easing in Japan and Europe is pushing down the yen and the euro.

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