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Definitions of expectation:

part of speech: noun

The act of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen; as, " The same weakness of mind which indulges absurd expectations, produces petulance in disappointment."- Irving; the state of being expected or looked for; the state of being awaited; " Our preparation stands in expectation."- Shak.: that which is expected; the object of expectation; the expected Messiah; prospect of future good, as of possessions, wealth, and the like- usually in the plural; " My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him."- Ps. ixii. 5; " His magnificent expectations made him ... the best match in Europe."- Prescott: a state or qualities in a person which excite expectations in others of some future excellence; promise; " By all men's eyes a youth of expectation."- Otway: in med. the method of leaving a disease to the efforts of nature; or of waiting for farther development before treating it actively: the value of any prospect of prize or property depending upon the happening of some uncertain event, a sum of money in expectation upon a certain event having a determinate value before that event happens; if the chances of receiving or not receiving a hundred pounds when an event arrives are equal, then before the arrival of the event the expectation is worth half the money.

part of speech: noun

The act of looking forward to; anticipation; prospect of future advancement.

Usage examples for expectation:

My brother has often said he expected every Thursday evening to be called in to set some of Dempster's bones; but I suppose he may drop that expectation now, for we are given to understand from good authority that he has forbidden his wife to call my brother in again either to herself or her mother. "Scenes of Clerical Life", George Eliot
I had no expectation of seeing the Emperor, but he happened to come on deck, and seeing Mr. Tower he asked what had brought him on the yacht so early. "Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie", Andrew Carnegie

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