expectation

Roget category 507

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.6. Extension of thought
›› 4.6.2. To the future

#507. Expectation

noun

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.

verb

expect — look for, look out for, look forward to — hope for — anticipate — have in prospect, have in contemplation — keep in view — contemplate, promise oneself — not wonder at etc. 870, not wonder if.
wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for — keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for — await — stand at 'attention'" abide, bide one's time, watch.
foresee etc. 510 — prepare for etc. 673 — forestall etc. (be early) 132 — count upon etc. (believe in) 484 — think likely etc. (probability) 472.
lead one to expect etc. (predict) 511 — have in store for etc. (destiny) 152.
prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.

adjective

expectant — expecting etc. v. — in expectation etc. n. — on the watch etc. (vigilant) 459 — open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation — agape, gaping, all agog — on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation — aux aguets^† — ready — curious etc. 455 — looking forward to.
expected etc. v. — long expected, foreseen — in prospect etc. n. — prospective — in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner — impending etc. (destiny) 152.

adverb

on the watch etc. adj. — with breathless expectation etc. n. — with bated breath, with rapt anticipation — arrectis auribus [Lat.].

phrase

we shall see — nous verrons [Fr.] — expectation whirls me round" [Troilus and Cressida]; the light at the end of the tunnel.

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