expectation
expectativa
definition
noun
reality had not lived up to expectations
a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
translation of 'expectation'
noun
expectativa,
expectação,
probabilidade,
esperança,
perspectiva
example
We tend to pay our taxes in the 'expectation' that it will be utilized for the betterment of the world we live in.
Investors also sold shares in the 'expectation' that demand for steel may slow in line with falling auto production.
There was an 'expectation' that interest rates might go down, but certainly not up.
They may simply sit tight in the 'expectation' that the club's growth will continue and the value of their stake will rise further.
He couldn't have lived up to the 'expectation' that has been thrust upon him.
As a result, most have insured against compensation claims in the 'expectation' that legal problems will become more frequent.
It is our 'expectation' that the government will increase tuition fees.
This is an 'expectation' that few people can be expected to live up to.
There is an 'expectation' that there will be a reduction in staff numbers in the UK.
There is an 'expectation' that parents will not be able to cope without external support from a raft of experts and professionals.
an 'expectation' that the government will provide the resources
The weaker pupils, in particular, did their best to achieve his 'expectation' of them.
A homeowner who plants a mango tree does so with the 'expectation' that mangoes will be reaped.
The judge said none of the detainees had a reasonable 'expectation' of privacy during the tribunals.
You sit down and have an 'expectation' that you are going to receive good visual information.
he drilled his men in 'expectation' of a Prussian advance
With this belief comes the 'expectation' that a booming economy will beget social progress.
Why should the police have a higher 'expectation' of privacy than anyone else?
To date it has announced that 1,600 jobs are to be axed but there is an 'expectation' that more will follow.
This created an 'expectation' that the war would be long, ferocious and severe.
This is one of the fundamental reasons why ‘staking systems’ don't work: a series of negative expectation bets must have negative 'expectation' .
Most Australians have grown up with an 'expectation' that a hard day's work will reap its rewards.
Simply to build as many houses as possible in the 'expectation' that prices will fall significantly in the near future will not solve the problem.
On the New Year, many people wear new outfits with the 'expectation' that the coming year will bring them prosperity.
I sat down in 'expectation' of a feast of nostalgia
It just means that he got a shot at leading and didn't fulfill the 'expectation' that you had for him.
This is equal to 8.5, and is called the 'expectation' of the action in question.
The mathematical 'expectation' of any bet is defined as follows: the sum of all possible gains and losses multiplied by their relative probabilities.
Worse still is the 'expectation' that conditions are certain to deteriorate in the coming weeks.
The same 'expectation' is obtained by either method.
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