expectation
Meaning of expectation
noun
- a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.
reality had not lived up to expectations
I sat down in expectation of a feast of nostalgia
- another term for expected value.
Information about expectation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of expectation is: expectations.
- Languages in which expectation is used:
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Hyphenation of expectation
ex-pec-ta-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- expectation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
expectation synonyms
Meaning outlook:
Meaning anticipation:
Meaning a belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis:
Meaning a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof:
Meaning an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof:
Meaning a thing tacitly assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action:
Meaning an attitude adopted in law or as a matter of policy towards an action or proposal in the absence of acceptable reasons to the contrary:
Meaning an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information:
Meaning a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it:
Meaning the action or process of calculating or estimating something:
Meaning an assessment of the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or course of action:
Meaning a thing predicted; a forecast:
Meaning a calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend:
Meaning an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends:
Meaning certainty about something:
Meaning the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something:
Meaning firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something:
Meaning the state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something good, will happen:
Meaning enthusiasm to do or to have something; keenness:
Meaning a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen:
Meaning a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness:
Meaning a quality in a work of fiction that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen:
Translation of expectation
- French: attente
- Italian: attesa, aspettativa
- Spanish: expectativa
- German: Aussicht
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