expectation
Pronunciation: /ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
- 1a strong belief that something will happen or be the case: reality had not lived up to expectations
- a belief that someone will or should achieve something: students had high expectations for their future
- (expectations) archaic one’s prospects of inheritance.
- 2 Mathematicsanother term for expected value.