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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   That which is expected or looked for.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   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. Meaning 4 · noun

   The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   (colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

How this word is used

• Everyday “In everyday speech, people use “expectation” when they mean: the act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen..”
• Academic “Scholars may discuss “expectation” carefully in formal writing.”
• Business “Teams often rely on clear use of “expectation” in professional communication.”

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