English
Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n
Noun
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#The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
#That which is expected or looked for.
#The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.
#The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
- statistics The first moment
- context|colloquial statistics the arithmetic mean
#The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
Usage notes
sense|value of any chance Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.
Synonyms
sense|colloquial statistics|arithmetic mean arithmetic mean; average
Related terms
expect
expectant
expected
Translations
trans-top|act or state of expecting
Czech: t-|cs|oÄ�ekávánÃ|n
Dutch: t-|nl|verwachting|f, afwachting f
Estonian: ootus
French: t+|fr|attente
German: t+|de|Erwartung|f
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Kurdish: KUchar|�ا�����ا�
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trans-top|That which is expected or looked for
Dutch: t-|nl|verwachting|f
Estonian: ootus
French: t+|fr|attente
Finnish: odotus
German: t+|de|Erwartung|f
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