Expectation means: The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. Related words include outlook or mean. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Expectation in practice.

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Expectation in a sentence

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Expectation meaning

  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.

Synonyms of Expectation

outlook mean expected value first moment arithmetic mean feeling hopefulness anticipation belief prospect mean value

Expectation in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

Given the expectation of a new console in the works, the share price can be reasonably expected to go up from here.

It’s simply a matter of healthy expectation setting, something that myself and other enthusiasts often struggle with.

But certainly, the expectation is that we would have that inquiry up and running during the course of 2023,” he added.

Even the hype and the buzz around the metaverse–it was great to have that, but then people have a certain expectation.

Do you have an expectation of where margins will be at the end of the year versus at the beginning of the year?

Any expectation that the state will one day even admit to this violence in order to stop it is a baseless one.

Increasing that for normal course trend as well as the expectation of some higher utilization is labor capacity returns.

But the expectation for women to maintain at least the illusion of thinness at all times is also much higher.

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It shouldn’t have happened and it was my expectation it never would, based on boundaries we previously set.

I think there’s also an expectation from fans that we continue to sort of do all the same things that did.

It has to be satisfying for their expectation, and also, they need a refreshment or surprise, so what can I do as a new face?

Much like with the monster, we're invited to leer at and linger on the carnage, perhaps with the expectation we'll relish it.

Chairman of the committee, Mr Chris Ezem, expressed the confidence that members of the committee would live up to expectation.

I think expecting about a 5-year recovery for the stock is a reasonable expectation if we have a standard recession in the US.

It’s really critical to see our team to come together and bond over the expectation to perform and take the next step forward.

But I think the biggest challenge is our level of expectation for government service, and our commitment to future generations.

And I think there was an expectation that maybe the Fed would take its foot off the brake and maybe start to ease at some point.

I do not base my thesis on an expectation that interest rates will fall; it was more like an afterthought I felt I should share.

It’s been a long time since you could think and an even longer time since expectation matched reality.

But I feel that we've shown in a low rate environment that we are able to manage the bank with consistency and within expectation.

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Common combinations with expectation

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the expectation 56×
  • expectation of 39×
  • expectation that 34×
  • expectation is 28×
  • an expectation 23×
  • expectation for 11×
  • our expectation 11×
  • of expectation
  • expectation to
  • expectation and

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "expectation" in a sentence?
An example: "Given the expectation of a new console in the works, the share price can be reasonably expected to go up from here." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "expectation" from real English texts.
What does "expectation" mean?
Expectation means: The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
What are synonyms of "expectation"?
Common synonyms of "expectation" include: outlook, mean, expected value, first moment, arithmetic mean, feeling, hopefulness, anticipation. Plus 3 more synonyms.
What is "expectation" in Dutch?
"expectation" translates to Dutch as: verwachting.
How many example sentences with "expectation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "expectation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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