EXPECTATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary She could never measure up to her mother's expectations The company's results are in line with stock market expectations The success of our campaign has exceeded our expectations The concert was brilliant - it lived up to all our expectations
What are expectations? The psychological meaning no one tells you about Happiness is usually proportional to our level of acceptance and inversely proportional to our expectations Expectations are present in our day to day life, stalking us with their load of illusions and pretensions
expectation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . [countable, usually plural] a strong belief about the way something should happen or how somebody should behave Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet expectations expectations of somebody Some parents have unrealistic expectations of their children
Expectations - definition of expectations by The Free Dictionary 1 the act or the state of expecting; anticipation 2 something expected 3 Often, expectations a prospect of future benefit or fortune: to have great expectations 4 the degree of probability that something will occur: There is little expectation that she will come 5 mathematical expectation 6 the state of being expected
expectation - WordReference. com Dictionary of English ex•pec•ta•tion ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən n [uncountable] the act or the state of expecting; anticipation [countable] something expected Often, expectations [plural] a prospect of future benefit or fortune: to have great expectations See -spec-