expectation

expectation
expectational, adj.expectationist, n.
/ek'spek tay"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
2. the act or state of looking forward or anticipating.
3. an expectant mental attitude: a high pitch of expectation.
4. something expected; a thing looked forward to.
5. Often, expectations. a prospect of future good or profit: to have great expectations.
6. the degree of probability that something will occur: There is little expectation that he will come.
7. Statistics. See mathematical expectation.
8. the state of being expected: a large sum of money in expectation.
[1530-40; < L expectation- (s. of expectatio) an awaiting, equiv. to expectat(us) (ptp. of expectare to EXPECT) + -ion- -ION]
Syn. 2. expectancy, anticipation; hope, trust.

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