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EXPECTA'TION, n. [L. expectatio.] The act of expecting or looking forward to a future event with at least some reason to believe the event will happen. Expectation differs from hope. Hope originates in desire,and may exist with little or no ground of belief that the desired event will arrive. Expectation is founded on some reasons which render the event probably. Hope is directed to some good; expectation is directed to good or evil.

The same weakness of mind which indulges absurd expectations, produces petulance in disappointment.

1. The state of expecting, either with hope or fear.

2. Prospect of good to come.

My soul, wait thou only on God, for my expectation is from him. Ps.62,

3. The object of expectation; the expected Messiah.

4. A state or qualities in a person which excite expectations in others of some future excellence; as a youth of expectation.

We now more generally say, a youth of promise.

5. In chances, expectation is applied to contingent events, and is reducible to computation. A sum of money in expectation, when an event happens, has a determinate value before that event happens. If the chances of receiving or not receiving a hundred dollars, when an event arrives, are equal; then, before the arrival of the event, the expectation is worth half the money.


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EXPECTA'TION, n. [L. expectatio.] The act of expecting or looking forward to a future event with at least some reason to believe the event will happen. Expectation differs from hope. Hope originates in desire,and may exist with little or no ground of belief that the desired event will arrive. Expectation is founded on some reasons which render the event probably. Hope is directed to some good; expectation is directed to good or evil.

The same weakness of mind which indulges absurd expectations, produces petulance in disappointment.

1. The state of expecting, either with hope or fear.

2. Prospect of good to come.

My soul, wait thou only on God, for my expectation is from him. Ps.62,

3. The object of expectation; the expected Messiah.

4. A state or qualities in a person which excite expectations in others of some future excellence; as a youth of expectation.

We now more generally say, a youth of promise.

5. In chances, expectation is applied to contingent events, and is reducible to computation. A sum of money in expectation, when an event happens, has a determinate value before that event happens. If the chances of receiving or not receiving a hundred dollars, when an event arrives, are equal; then, before the arrival of the event, the expectation is worth half the money.

EX-PECT-A'TION, n. [L. expectatio.]

  1. The act of expecting or looking forward to a future event with at least some reason to believe the event will happen. Expectation differs from hope. Hope originates in desire, and may exist with little or no ground of belief that the desired event will arrive. Expectation is founded on some reasons which render the event probable. Hope is directed to some good; expectation is directed to good or evil. The same weakness of mind which indulges absurd expectations, produces petulance in disappointment. Irving.
  2. The state of expecting, either with hope or fear.
  3. Prospect of good to come. My soul, wait thou only on God, for my expectation is from him. Ps. lxii.
  4. The object of expectation; the expected Messiah. Milton.
  5. A state or qualities in a person which excite expectations in others of some future excellence; as, a youth of expectation. Sidney. Otway. We now more generally say, a youth of promise.
  6. In chances, expectation is applied to contingent events, and is reducible to computation. A sum of money in expectation, when an event happens, has a determinate value before that event happens. If the chances of receiving or not receiving a hundred dollars, when an event arrives, are equal; then, before the arrival of the event, the expectation is worth half the money. Encyc.

Ex`pec*ta"tion
  1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

    "In expectation of a guest." Tennyson.

    My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. Ps. lxii. 5.

  2. That which is expected or looked for.

    Why our great expectation should be called
    The seed of woman.     Milton.

  3. 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.

    His magnificent expectations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best match in Europe. Prescott.

    By all men's eyes a youth of expectation. Otway.

  4. 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. The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

    Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age.

    Syn. -- Anticipation; confidence; trust.

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Expectation

EXPECTA'TION, noun [Latin expectatio.] The act of expecting or looking forward to a future event with at least some reason to believe the event will happen. expectation differs from hope. Hope originates in desire, and may exist with little or no ground of belief that the desired event will arrive. expectation is founded on some reasons which render the event probably. Hope is directed to some good; expectation is directed to good or evil.

The same weakness of mind which indulges absurd expectations, produces petulance in disappointment.

1. The state of expecting, either with hope or fear.

2. Prospect of good to come.

My soul, wait thou only on God, for my expectation is from him. Psalms 62:5,

3. The object of expectation; the expected Messiah.

4. A state or qualities in a person which excite expectations in others of some future excellence; as a youth of expectation

We now more generally say, a youth of promise.

5. In chances, expectation is applied to contingent events, and is reducible to computation. A sum of money in expectation when an event happens, has a determinate value before that event happens. If the chances of receiving or not receiving a hundred dollars, when an event arrives, are equal; then, before the arrival of the event, the expectation is worth half the money.

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