expectation

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌek.spekˈtæɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #14170

Meanings

1

noun
A belief that something will happen or that someone will do something.

There is a general expectation that prices will rise next year.
2

noun
A hope or standard that you want someone or something to meet.

The new restaurant lived up to all our expectations.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a belief that something... prospect anticipation

Word family

Forms expectations

Derived forms concession-counter-expectationcontraexpectationexpectationalinexpectationmisexpectationnonexpectationoverexpectationpreexpectationsexpectationunexpectation

Related forms expect expectant expected

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logical expectation
An anticipated result that follows reasonably from the available facts.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

expectation Middle French exspectātiō Latin

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# expectation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌek.spekˈtæɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 14170

## Meanings
1. A belief that something will happen or that someone will do something.
2. A hope or standard that you want someone or something to meet.

## Examples
- There is a general expectation that prices will rise next year.
- The new restaurant lived up to all our expectations.

## Derived Forms
- concession-counter-expectation
- contraexpectation
- expectational
- inexpectation
- misexpectation
- nonexpectation
- overexpectation
- preexpectation
- sexpectation
- unexpectation

## Related Forms
- expect
- expectant
- expected

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: expectation
- Root: exspectātiō

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

## AI Etymology
Expectation comes from Middle French expectation, from Latin exspectātiō, from exspectō (“expect”). By surface analysis, expect + -ation. Displaced native Old English wēn. In current use, the main senses are “A belief that something will happen or that someone will do something” and “A hope or standard that you want someone or something to meet”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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