Explore Expectation through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like outlook or mean. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Expectation meaning
- The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
- That which is expected or looked for.
Synonyms of Expectation
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Using Expectation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. | That which is expected or looked for. | That which is expected or looked for.
- Useful related words include: outlook, mean, expected value, first moment.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verwachting.
- In the example corpus, expectation often appears in combinations such as: the expectation, expectation of, expectation that.
Context around Expectation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Expectation
- In this selection, "expectation" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reasonable, conditional, realistic, reynolds, cannot and mathematical stand out and add context to how "expectation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a legitimate expectation that enhanced, a realistic expectation and reasonable expectation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "expectation" sits close to words such as contents, facial and enhancing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with expectation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Genre creates an expectation in that expectation is met or not. (11 words)
The expected value is also known as the expectation, mathematical expectation, EV, average, mean value, mean, or first moment. (19 words)
There was a lot of expectation — and I’m pretty sure the most well written villain in cinema history is ‘Expectation,’ Reynolds continued. (23 words)
Almost 63% of Virginians anticipate lower price growth over both the near term (the coming year) and the long term (the next five to 10 years.) The short-run inflation expectation is 3.2%, while the long-run value is 3.1%. (42 words)
Ms Forbes said providing that assistance in other parts of the UK creates a “legitimate expectation that enhanced support will be available to businesses in Scotland” – but she said that expectation cannot be met due to financial constraints. (38 words)
And I went in and asked it to do it on how the husbands treated the wives, how society’s demands and expectation — all these different things — expectations were similar or different between the two stories. (36 words)
And then should we also have an expectation that Saia can kind of be top quartile among peers in terms of where its OR lands in any given year? (29 words)
And what type of expectation to be in terms of next six to nine months, should that be something occur after the FDA meetings and with the sort, the happy endings? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bivariate conditional expectation In the general case : The conditional expectation of X 1 given X 2 is: Proof: the result is obtained by taking the expectation of the conditional distribution above.
Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis.
If you expect to be the center of attention during every threesome, you should share that expectation with them — but in all honesty, I don’t think that’s a realistic expectation.
It was not an unjustified expectation, and it will continue to be the expectation even after Musgrove’s rough start to the season extended through Friday night’s 8-3 loss to the Giants.
There was a lot of expectation — and I’m pretty sure the most well written villain in cinema history is ‘Expectation,’ Reynolds continued.
Ms Forbes said providing that assistance in other parts of the UK creates a “legitimate expectation that enhanced support will be available to businesses in Scotland” – but she said that expectation cannot be met due to financial constraints.
England v Ireland: Jason Roy expectation a worry for Mark RamprakashFormer England batting coach Mark Ramprakash says he is worried about the expectation on Jason Roy as the opener prepares to make his Test debut.
Further properties Expectation of a quadratic form One can take the expectation of a quadratic form in the random vector X as follows: Kendrick, David, Stochastic Control for Economic Models, McGraw-Hill, 1981.
Genre creates an expectation in that expectation is met or not.
The expected value is also known as the expectation, mathematical expectation, EV, average, mean value, mean, or first moment.
After a period of pre-registration and signing up for Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan system, fans had a reasonable expectation that ticket request distribution would be carried out as promised.
A homeless person would also be given a “reasonable expectation of privacy” of his or her possessions comparable to things kept in a personal residence.
Almost 63% of Virginians anticipate lower price growth over both the near term (the coming year) and the long term (the next five to 10 years.) The short-run inflation expectation is 3.2%, while the long-run value is 3.1%.
Also enjoyed their selections that were closer to expectation, including defensive lineman Jalen Carter and linebacker Nolan Smith, two of their whopping three selections from the stellar Georgia Bulldogs defense, along with cornerback Sydney Brown.
And I think that’s a reasonable expectation for us into the future is that there will always be kind of some offsets that run through there.
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.
And I went in and asked it to do it on how the husbands treated the wives, how society’s demands and expectation — all these different things — expectations were similar or different between the two stories.
And so that's naturally the largest driver of the expectation by 2028 based on our belief of radioligand therapeutic approvals in the coming years, including potentially PNT2002.
And then should we also have an expectation that Saia can kind of be top quartile among peers in terms of where its OR lands in any given year?
And what type of expectation to be in terms of next six to nine months, should that be something occur after the FDA meetings and with the sort, the happy endings?
Phrases with expectation
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
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 9×
- expectation to 9×
- expectation and 8×