Definition of: expectation

(ek′spek·tā′shən) noun
1. The act of looking confidently for something; expectancy.
2. Anticipation; prospect of good to come, as of wealth: often plural.
3. Something expected.
4. The present value of a probability. See synonyms under ANTICIPATION. [<L ex(s)pectatio, -onis <ex(s)pectare. See EXPECT.]

Most often used phrases:

reasonable expectation
legitimate expectation
conditional expectation
vacuum expectation
expectation values
positive expectation
general expectation
high expectation
expectation maximization
great expectation
expectation states
expectation damages
total expectation
subjective expectation
unreasonable expectation

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"expectation" has the frequency of use of 0.0008% on city-data.com forum

"expectation" has the frequency of use of 0.0005% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Definition of: expectation

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