expectation

Noun
Synonyms: outlookprospectanticipationarithmetic meanfirst momentexpected value

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. belief about (or mental picture of) the futureSynonyms: outlookprospect
  2. anticipating with confidence of fulfillmentSynonyms: anticipation
  3. the feeling that something is about to happen
  4. the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of valuesSynonyms: arithmetic meanfirst momentexpected value
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Expectation \Ex`pec*ta"tion\n. [L. expectio. exspectio: cf. F. expectation.]

1.The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. "In expectation of a guest." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him.— Ps. lxii. 5.[1913 Webster]

2.That which is expected or looked for. [1913 Webster]

Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank. [1913 Webster]

His magnificent expectations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best match in Europe.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]
By all men's eyes a youth of expectation.— Otway.[1913 Webster]

4.The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event. [1913 Webster]

5.(Med.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. [1913 Webster]

Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age.

Syn: Anticipation; confidence; trust. [1913 Webster]

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