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• expectation — / ekspek teISFn/ noun (C, U) 1 the belief that something will happen because it is likely or planned: your expectation is that: My expectation is that interest rates will go up. | against/contrary to (all) expectations: Against all expectations,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• expectation*/*/ — [ˌekspekˈteɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [C] a belief or hope that something will be good, or that someone will do well We have high expectations of our students (= expect them to succeed).[/ex] We had heard so much about the restaurant, but it did not live up …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• expectation — /ˌekspek teɪʃ(ə)n/ noun 1. what someone believes will happen, especially concerning their future prosperity 2. what someone believes about an item or service to be purchased, which is one of the reasons for making the purchase …   Marketing dictionary in english

• expectations — ex‧pec‧ta‧tions [ˌekspekˈteɪʆnz] noun [plural] 1. ECONOMICS what people in the business world believe will happen in the economy in the future. Expectations are important because they affect the level of investment in an economy: • The current… …   Financial and business terms

• expectation — UK US /ˌekspekˈteɪʃən/ noun [C, often plural] ► what you believe or hope will happen in the future: »Now the expectation is just 81 cents a share, according to a survey of a dozen analysts. expectation that sth »The banks help out the government… …   Financial and business terms

• expectation — n. in expectation of * * * [ˌekspek teɪʃ(ə)n] in expectation of …   Combinatory dictionary

• expectation — ex|pec|ta|tion W2S2 [ˌekspekˈteıʃən] n 1.) [U and C] what you think or hope will happen expectation that ▪ For some time he lived with the expectation that he was going to die. in (the) expectation of sth ▪ Anne left Germany in the expectation of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• expectation — ex|pec|ta|tion [ ,ekspek teıʃn ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) the belief that something will happen: expectation of: The team set off without any expectation of success. in expectation of: His associate had given the information in expectation… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• expectation */*/*/ — UK [ˌekspekˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms expectation : singular expectation plural expectations 1) [countable/uncountable] the belief that something will happen expectation of: The team set off without any expectation of success. in expectation …   English dictionary

• expectation — /ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən / (say .ekspek tayshuhn) noun 1. the act of expecting. 2. the state of expecting: wait in expectation. 3. the state of being expected. 4. an expectant mental attitude. 5. something expected; a thing looked forward to. 6. (often… …  

• mathematical expectation — /mæθəˌmætɪkəl ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən/ (say mathuh.matikuhl ekspek tayshuhn) noun Statistics the average of a set of possible values of a variable, the values weighted by the probabilities associated with these values …