expectation

[Ex`pec*ta·tion]

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.

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

Noun
belief about (or mental picture of) the future

Noun
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

Noun
the feeling that something is about to happen

Noun
wishing with confidence of fulfillment


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

n.
That which is expected or looked for.

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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.

n.
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.

n.
The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.


Expectation

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.
2. That which is expected or looked for.
Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman.
3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of c or rank.
His magnificent expiations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best much in Europe.
By all men's eyes a youth of expectations.
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.

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

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Usage Examples

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and it's more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So that's just going to have to wait.

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.

The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

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Other Usage Examples

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

I know it's hard to blame the time, but there's a bit of an expectation for a summer movie. I think that 'Superman Returns' was a bit nostalgic and romantic, and I don't think that was what people were expecting, especially in the summer.

I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life.

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