expectation
nounid
2512·updated May 9, 2026verified
A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
polysemous
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Entity Type
Requirement72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- anticipationarithmetic meanexpected valuefirst momentprospect
- alternatephrasing
- Expectation
- plural
- expectations
- possessive
- expectation's
- pluralpossessive
- expectations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
- §1
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- §2
- the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
- §3
- the feeling that something is about to happen
- §4
- anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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