expectation

expectation is a 11-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 25 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
2. noun. That which is expected or looked for.
3. noun. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.
4. noun. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.
5. noun. The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
6. noun. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

   Synonyms: outlook, prospect

7. noun. the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
8. noun. the feeling that something is about to happen
9. noun. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

   Synonyms: anticipation

Synonyms

outlook, prospect, anticipation

Common word forms

expectations

Words from these letters

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