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ex·pec·ta·tion / ˌekspekˈtāshən/ • n. a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future: reality had not lived up to expectations. ∎  a belief that someone will or should achieve something: students had high expectations for their future. ∎  (expectations) archaic one's prospects of inheritance.

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expectation See measures of location.

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