Expectation Definition

ĕkspĕk-tāshən
expectations
noun
expectations
The act of expecting.
American Heritage
A looking forward to; anticipation.
Webster's New World
A looking for as due, proper, or necessary.
Webster's New World
A thing looked forward to.
Webster's New World
The state of being expected.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Expectation

Noun

Singular:
expectation
Plural:
expectations

Origin of Expectation

  • From Middle French expectation, from Latin expectatio, expectationem, from expectare.

    From Wiktionary

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