The meaning of EXPECTATION is the act or state of expecting : anticipation. How to use expectation in a sentence.

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expectation of someone doing something Considering the injuries he's had there can be little expectation of him winning the race. Contrary to all expectations, she was accepted by the academy. …

Description: Expection (noun) refers to the act or process of anticipating or looking forward to something with hope or excitement. It is the state of expecting or having an expectation.

Dec 14, 2025 · (medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. (value of any chance): Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

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EXPECTATION definition: the act or the state of expecting. See examples of expectation used in a sentence.

Often, expectations. [plural] a prospect of future benefit or fortune: to have great expectations. See -spec-. ex•pec•ta•tion (ek′spek tā′ shən), n. the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation. …

Definition of expectation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Success breeds expectation and expectation breeds stress.