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expectation
noun
1 expectation
Belief about (or mental picture of) the future.
synonyms: outlook, prospect.
Roget 507:
expectation,
expectance,
expectancy;
anticipation,
reckoning,
calculation;
foresight
etc.
510.
contemplation,
prospection†,
lookout;
prospect,
perspective,
horizon,
vista;
destiny
etc.
152.
suspense,
waiting,
abeyance;
curiosity
etc.
455;
anxious expectation,
ardent expectation,
eager expectation,
breathless expectation,
sanguine expectation;
torment of Tantalus.
hope
etc.
858;
trust
etc.
(belief)
484;
auspices
etc.
(prediction)
511;
assurance,
confidence,
presumption,
reliance.
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Dutch: prospect, verwachting, vooruitzicht
Polish: widoki, perspektywa
2 expectation
Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment.
synonym: anticipation.
Polish: antycypacja
3 expectation
The feeling that something is about to happen.
Dutch: afwachting, perspectief, vooruitzicht, verwachting
Polish: oczekiwanie
4 expectation
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