expectation
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expectation/ekspekˈteɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.
■ (expectations) archaic one's prospects of inheritance.
- 2 Mathematics another term for expected value.
'expectation' also found in these Oxford entries:
anticipation
- belie
- bluff
- counter-intuitive
- hope
- invest
- long
- plea-bargaining
- true
- trust
- unhoped
- vested interest
- will
