Expectation

//ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "expectation" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Adjective(1 words)
average

Strong matches (42)

Related words (71)

Noun(2 words)
outlookprospect

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

16 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

100 translations across 38 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • προσδοκία noun (act or state of expecting)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ակնկալիք noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • ակնկալիք noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)
  • սպասում noun (act or state of expecting)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вероятност noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • надежда noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • очакване noun (act or state of expecting)
  • чакане noun (act or state of expecting)

Catalan

2 entries
  • expectació noun (act or state of expecting)
  • expectativa noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • چاوەڕوان noun (act or state of expecting)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 期待 noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • 期待 noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)
  • 期望 noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • 期望 noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)

Czech

2 entries
  • očekávání noun (act or state of expecting)
  • očekávání noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afwachting noun (act or state of expecting)
  • verwachting noun (act or state of expecting)
  • verwachting noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • anticipio noun (act or state of expecting)

Estonian

2 entries
  • ootus noun (act or state of expecting)
  • ootus noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Finnish

4 entries
  • odotus noun (act or state of expecting)
  • odotus noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • odotus noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)
  • odotusarvo noun (the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event)

French

2 entries
  • attente noun (act or state of expecting)
  • attente noun (that which is expected or looked for)

German

2 entries
  • Erwartung noun (act or state of expecting)
  • Erwartung noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃 noun (act or state of expecting)

Greek

3 entries
  • αναμονή noun (act or state of expecting)
  • προσδοκία noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • προσμονή noun (act or state of expecting)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अपेक्षा noun (act or state of expecting)
  • आकांक्षा noun (act or state of expecting)
  • आकांक्षा noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • आशा noun (act or state of expecting)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • harapan noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Irish

2 entries
  • dúil noun (act or state of expecting)
  • oirchill noun (act or state of expecting)

Italian

4 entries
  • aspettativa noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • aspettativa noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)
  • attesa noun (act or state of expecting)
  • attese noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 予想 noun (act or state of expecting)
  • 予期 noun (act or state of expecting)
  • 希望 noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • 心待ち noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • очекување noun (act or state of expecting)

Malay

2 entries
  • jangkaan noun (act or state of expecting)
  • jangkaan noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പ്രതീക്ഷ noun (act or state of expecting)
  • പ്രതീക്ഷ noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)

Māori

2 entries
  • kawatau noun (act or state of expecting)
  • kawatau noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forventning noun (act or state of expecting)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • forventing noun (act or state of expecting)
  • forventning noun (act or state of expecting)

Old English

1 entries
  • wēn noun (act or state of expecting)

Polish

3 entries
  • oczekiwanie noun (act or state of expecting)
  • oczekiwanie noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • wartość oczekiwana noun (the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • espera noun (act or state of expecting)
  • expectativa noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • expectação noun (act or state of expecting)

Romanian

4 entries
  • anticipare noun (act or state of expecting)
  • anticipație noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • așteptare noun (act or state of expecting)
  • așteptat noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Russian

4 entries
  • наде́жда noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • ожида́ние noun (act or state of expecting)
  • ожида́ние noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • ожида́ние noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • dùil noun (act or state of expecting)
  • dùil noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • fiughair noun (act or state of expecting)
  • fiughair noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • očekivanje noun (act or state of expecting)
  • очекивање noun (act or state of expecting)

Spanish

4 entries
  • expectación noun (act or state of expecting)
  • expectativa noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • expectativa noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)
  • expectativa noun (the value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kusudio noun (act or state of expecting)
  • tarajio noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Swedish

3 entries
  • förväntan noun (act or state of expecting)
  • förväntan noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • förväntning noun (that which is expected or looked for)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • наді́я noun (that which is expected or looked for)
  • очі́кування noun (act or state of expecting)
  • очі́кування noun (prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • tesla noun (act or state of expecting)

Sample sentences

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We were filled with joyful expectation.

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We waited with faint expectation.

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It fell short of my expectation.

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It will prove to be up to expectation.

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