expectation
//ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- expectations
Definitions
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.
- He struggled with his parents' expectations.
- I entered early adulthood with the same expectation: I would marry, and my husband would manage our money.
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.
- Charles Penrhyn, for he was the object of Louisa's preference, had expectations, that term, so vague when those expectations depend upon others.
4.The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2002
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle French expectation, from Latin exspectātiō, from exspectō (“expect”).
By surface analysis, expect + -ation.
Displaced native Old English wēn.