nounπShareThe act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen."The teacher had high expectations for her students' test scores. "attitudemindfutureachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat which is expected or looked for."The students had high expectations for the final exam. "attitudemindphilosophyfutureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.""The teacher's high expectations motivated the students to study harder for the exam." "futurepossibilityattitudebusinesseconomyfinanceplanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event."Her expectations of winning the lottery were based on buying a ticket every week, even though the odds were low. "valuepossibilityoutcomebusinessfinancemathstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment."Based on historical data, the expectations for daily rainfall in this region during the monsoon season are quite high. "statisticsmathbusinesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean."The expectations for the number of rainy days in April are about ten, based on weather data from previous years. "statisticsmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.""The doctor's expectations for my mild cold were simply rest and fluids; he didn't prescribe any medicine." "medicinenaturediseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
