Expectation

Expectation
Expectation Ex`pec*ta"tion . [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. [1913 Webster]

My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. --Ps. lxii. 5. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is expected or looked for. [1913 Webster]

Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

His magnificent expectations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best match in Europe. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

By all men's eyes a youth of expectation. --Otway. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5. (Med.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. [1913 Webster]

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

Syn: Anticipation; confidence; trust. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • expectation — [ ɛkspɛktasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1488; lat. exspectatio 1 ♦ Vx Attente. ⇒ expectative. « Harcourt tenait tout le monde en expectation » (Saint Simon). 2 ♦ Méd. Abstention de tout traitement (à l exception des mesures habituelles d hygiène et de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • expectation — UK US /ˌekspekˈteɪʃən/ noun [C, often plural] ► what you believe or hope will happen in the future: »Now the expectation is just 81 cents a share, according to a survey of a dozen analysts. expectation that sth »The banks help out the government… …   Financial and business terms

  • expectation — EXPECTATION. s. f. Attente. Il ne se dit que des grands evenements, des choses extraordinaires. Les peuples estoient dans une grande expectation, dans l expectation …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • expectation — I noun anticipation, assurance, awaiting, calculation, contemplation, expectance, expectancy, exspectatio, foreboding, forefeeling, foreknowledge, foresight, hope, intention, misgiving, opinio, preconception, presentiment, presumption, presurmise …   Law dictionary

  • expectation — 1530s, from M.Fr. expectation (14c.) or directly from L. expectationem/exspectationem (nom. expectatio/exspectatio) anticipation, an awaiting, noun of action from pp. stem of expectare/exspectare (see EXPECT (Cf. expect)). Related: Expectations …   Etymology dictionary

  • expectation — [n] belief, anticipation apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, looking forward, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction,… …   New thesaurus

  • expectation — Expectation, Expectatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • expectation — ► NOUN 1) belief that something will happen or be the case. 2) a thing that is expected to happen …   English terms dictionary

  • expectation — [ek΄spek tā′shən] n. [L expectatio < pp. of expectare: see EXPECT] 1. a looking forward to; anticipation 2. a looking for as due, proper, or necessary 3. a thing looked forward to 4. [also pl.] a reason or warrant for looking forward to… …   English World dictionary

  • expectation — noun (usually expectations) ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, high, lofty (esp. AmE) ▪ modest ▪ I have modest expectations about what my research can accomplish …   Collocations dictionary

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