Synonym: anticipation, arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment, outlook, prospect. Similar words: affectation, delectation, expect, exploitation, expected, unexpected, expedition, inspection. Meaning: [‚ekspek'teɪʃn] 
n. 1. belief about (or mental picture of) the future 2. wishing with confidence of fulfillment 3. the feeling that something is about to happen 4. the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values.
n. 1. belief about (or mental picture of) the future 2. wishing with confidence of fulfillment 3. the feeling that something is about to happen 4. the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values. 
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31. What should you do when an employee's performance is disappointing and below expectation?
32. The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war.
33. The article was written before the election result in the clear expectation of a Labour victory.
34. Anne left Germany in the expectation of seeing her family again before very long.
35. The building work was completed on time, contrary to expectation.
36. He outsoared us in expectation.
37. The laughter died instantly and everyone waited in expectation.
38. Maybe 5-6 was a reasonable expectation.
39. Female advantage in life expectation is not universal.
40. Maker and wearer share a breathtaking expectation.
41. Theodora got up in the expectation of being dismissed.
42. Music plays: mysterious strings, tremulous with wonder and expectation.
43. The need would be to show, against reasonable expectation, that the second did not divert attention from the first.
44. It had something to do with skills, and something to do with expectation and hope.
45. As the wait grew longer and the day nearer, expectation filled the air.
46. When the normal expectation of life is very low, sickness and death are normal hazards.
47. The law is framed widely, in the expectation that it will be enforced selectively.
48. Many are firms that expanded and invested with no expectation of 15 percent. interest rates.
49. The great strain for married couples in modernity is the absurdly high expectation of the marriage bond.
50. The expectation in both camps is that a bombing so close to election day would mean certain defeat for Peres.
51. In the 1590s he favoured a tactic of moderation in the expectation of a favourable political change.
52. If five members are to be elected in your constituency your natural expectation would be that you should have five votes.
53. All this seems to contradict the expectation of the manipulation theorists.
54. And so can schoolchildren who volunteer to participate in athletic programs and whose expectation of privacy in the locker room is diminished.
55. In addition to the expectation of continuity in subcontracting partnerships,[www.Sentencedict.com] larger companies share semi-permanent trading agreements and are often stockholders in rival firms.
56. And events since the Report have exposed the emptiness of any such expectation.
57. Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. Kurt Vonnegut 
58. A real expectation that an opinion will be respected, make a difference.
59. Sometimes when we project into the future we have a reasonable expectation, based on experience, of what will happen.
60. The expectation from government industrial ReD is one of reducing dependency on imports without wanting to achieve self-sufficiency.
More similar words: affectation, delectation, expect, exploitation, expected, unexpected, expedition, inspection, introspection, agitation, annotation, gestation, stationery, denotation, explanation, exploration, speculation, connotation, stationary, limitation, invitation, nation-state, orientation, consultation, deforestation, presentation, dissertation, confrontation, precipitation, argumentation.