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expectation

ex·pec·ta·tion

US/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ fairly common

noun

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the feeling that something is about to happen

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Origin

From Middle French expectation, from Latin exspectātiō, from exspectō (“expect”). By surface analysis, expect + -ation. Displaced native Old English wēn.

Phrases

  • Expectation Sunday
  • Expectation Week
  • expectations game
  • expectations hypothesis
  • Pythagorean expectation
  • racism of low expectations
  • soft bigotry of low expectations
  • Wikipedia:Expected value

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