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Expectation
expectation
(expectations) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want. Students’ expectations were as varied as their expertise... The car has been General Motors’ most visible success story, with sales far exceeding expectations... N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 2. A person’s expectations are strong beliefs which they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen. Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the Company. N-COUNT: usu pl
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noun Date: 1540 1. the act or state of expecting ; anticipation in ~ of what would happen 2. a. something expected not up to ~s ~s for an economic recovery b. basis for expecting ; assurance they have every ~ of success c. prospects of inheritance — usually used in plural 3. the state of being expected 4. a. expectancy 2b b. expected value • ~al adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the act or an instance of expecting or looking forward. 2 something expected or hoped for. 3 (foll. by of) the probability of an event. 4 (in pl.) one's prospects of inheritance. Etymology: L expectatio (as EXPECT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
4.
математическое ожидание centered at expectation — центрированный математическим ожиданием - asymptotic expectation - asymptotically zero expectation - conditional expectation - expectation of life - finite expectation - generalized expectation - marginal expectation - mathematical expectation - moral expectation - observed expectation - statistical expectation - truncated expectation - vector expectation - weak expectation ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. ожидание in expectation of smth. —- в ожидании (в предвкушении) чего-л. according to expectation(s) —- как и следовало ожидать, как ожидалось against (contrary to) expectation(s) —- против ожидания, вопреки ожиданиям, неожиданно beyond expectation —- сверх ожидания 2. надежда, упование to answer (to meet, to come up to, to live up to) expectation(s) —- оправдать надежды to fall short of (not to come up to) expectation(s) —- не оправдать надежд (ожиданий, чаяний) we have great expectations of you —- мы возлагаем на вас большие надежды, мы ждем от вас многого 3. виды на будущее, на наследство to have great expectations —- быть наследником богатых родственников; иметь виды на большое наследство 4. вероятность expectation of life —- вероятная продолжительность жизни (по статистическим данным) 5. стат. математическое ожидание ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) ожидание 2) надежда, предвкушение; pl. виды на будущее, на наследство beyond (contrary to) expectation - сверх (против) ожидания 3) вероятность - expectation of life Syn: anticipation, expectancy, hope, outlook, prospect EXPECTATION of life предполагаемая средняя продолжительность жизни ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 the belief that something will happen because it is likely or planned (your expectation is that) (My expectation is that interest rates will go up. | against/contrary to (all) expectations) (Against all expectations, Mike finished high school with top grades. | in expectation of (=thinking that something will happen)) (They closed the windows in expectation of rain.) 2 usually plural a belief that something good will happen in the future (have high expectations (=believe that something good will happen or that someone will be successful in the future)) (The school has high expectations for his future career. | beyond (your) expectations (=better than you expected)) (Paulito has succeeded beyond our expectations. | fall short of/not come up to sb's expectations (=not be as good or as successful as you expected)) (If profits fall short of expectations, how will you repay your loan? | The film just didn't come up to our expectations. | (not) live up to sb's expectations (=not be as good as people expected)) (The show lived up to all our expectations - it was wonderful! | arouse expectations (=make you think that something good is going to happen)) (The ceasefire has aroused expectations of an end to the war.) 3 the belief that something ought to happen or that someone should behave in a particular way (Some have totally unrealistic expectations of both medical and nursing staff.) 4 expectation of life the number of years that someone is likely to live; life expectancy ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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