expectation

Etymology
From, from , from. . Displaced native.

Noun

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 4) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
 * 5)  The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
 * 6)  The arithmetic mean.
 * 7)  The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
 * 1) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
 * 2)  The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
 * 3)  The arithmetic mean.
 * 4)  The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
 * 1)  The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

Usage notes

 * Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

Translations

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 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃
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 * Ancient: προσδοκία
 * Irish: dúil, oirchill
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 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: چاوەڕوان
 * Macedonian: очекување
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 * Maori: kawatau
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 * Nynorsk: forventning, forventing
 * Old English: wēn
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 * Cyrillic: очекивање
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 * Zazaki: tesla


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