expectation

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is expected or looked for.
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is expected or looked for.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, uncountable) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
6. (countable, uncountable) The first moment; the expected value; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
7. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) The arithmetic mean.
8. (countable, rare, uncountable) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

Concepten

verwachting

afwachting

hoop

hopen

toezegging

vooruitzicht

Synoniemen

hope

anticipation

wish

prospect

expectancy

forecast

waiting

desire

wait

prediction

expectance

outlook

sentiment

thought

💭

calculation

expected value

expect

aspiration

looking-for

heart

❤️

feelings

emotion

belief

mind

await

estimate

first moment

want

suspicion

mental estimate

presentiment

arithmetic mean

intention

mean

anticipate

prospects

expected

expectations

average value

anxiety

enjoyment

aura

imagination

hopes

enjoying

augury

amusement

hoping

hope for

hoped for

Vertalingen

attente

Erwartung

aspettativa

Hoffnung

attesa

expectativa

espérance

espoir

προσδοκία

esperanza

prévision

espera

αναμονή

speranza

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

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