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expectation
noun
the
strong
feeling
or
belief
that
something
will
happen
or
be
true
in
the
future
•
With
high
expectation
,
the
crowd
waited
for
the
fireworks
to
begin
.
With
high
expectation
,
the
crowd
waited
for
the
fireworks
to
begin
.
•
She
tore
open
the
envelope
in
eager
expectation
of
good
news
.
She
tore
open
the
envelope
in
eager
expectation
of
good
news
.
from
Latin
exspectātiō
(“
a
waiting
for
”),
from
exspectāre
“
to
look
out
for
,
await
”.
noun
a
standard
or
level
of
performance
or
behaviour
that
people
believe
someone
should
meet
•
Parents
often
have
high
expectations
of
their
children
.
Parents
often
have
high
expectations
of
their
children
.
•
The
coach
made
his
expectations
clear
before
the
first
practice
.
The
coach
made
his
expectations
clear
before
the
first
practice
.
noun
in
statistics
,
the
average
value
of
a
random
variable
,
found
by
weighting
every
possible
result
by
its
probability
•
The
expectation
of
a
fair
six-sided
die
is
3
.
5
.
The
expectation
of
a
fair
six-sided
die
is
3
.
5
.
•
Economists
estimate
the
expectation
of
future
inflation
using
complex
models
.
Economists
estimate
the
expectation
of
future
inflation
using
complex
models
.
