Expectation

//ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən//

Word Type

Noun

The word "expectation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Causes Desire

Derived Terms

Expectation Sunday Expectation Week concession-counter-expectation contraexpectation expectational expectations game expectations hypothesis inexpectation misexpectation nonexpectation overexpectation preexpectation racism of low expectations sexpectation soft bigotry of low expectations unexpectation

Derived From

Context

colloquial statistics medicine statistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

belief feeling hopefulness mean mean value

Type Of (IsA)

belief context feeling

Related Terms

Wikipedia:Expected value expect expectant expected

Related Terms

expect expectant expected unexpected

Synonym Network

anticipation arithmetic mean

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.