EXPECTATION

Expectation

In the case of uncertainty, expectation is what is considered the most likely to happen. An expectation, which is a belief that is centered on the future, may or may not be realistic. A less advantageous result gives rise to the emotion of disappointment. If something happens that is not at all expected it is a surprise. An expectation about the behavior or performance of another person, expressed to that person, may have the nature of a strong request, or an order.

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expectation

Noun

  1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
  2. That which is expected or looked for.
  3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
  4. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
  5. The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
  6. the arithmetic mean
  7. The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.


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