expectation

«expectation» in Mova's school dictionary: a belief that something will happen — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an expectation, expectations)

meaning for a pupil

1) An expectation is a belief that something will happen. tree →

2) Expectations are what people hope or require someone to do or be: «high expectations». tree →

3) (maths) Expectation is the average result you expect over many tries, as in probability. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, teachers have expectations for behaviour and work. In stories, things can go «against all expectations». In probability it is what you expect on average. Phrases: «high expectations», «live up to expectations», «beyond expectations», «against all expectations».

examples

• The team did better than expectations. tree →
• The film didn't live up to my expectations. tree →
• Our teacher has high expectations. tree →
• Against all expectations, the little horse won. tree →
• If you flip a coin 100 times, the expectation is 50 heads. tree →
• There is an expectation that everyone helps tidy up. tree →
• While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: expect. Maths: expected value = number of tries × probability, an average, not a promise.

In the corpora

• "Below expectations" (official) means poor, worse than it should be.
• And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
• For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
• The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
• When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of strength perisheth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «expectation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.