Definition of Expectation

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Expectation

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

That which is expected or looked for.

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.

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.

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

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Expectation Quotations

Expectation is the root of all heartache.
William Shakespeare

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
Henry David Thoreau

We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.
Brian Tracy

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.
Leo Buscaglia

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
Voltaire

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
Ralph Marston

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
Eric Hoffer

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Princess Diana

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Elbert Hubbard

Expectation Translations

expectation in French is expectative
expectation in German is Erwartung
expectation in Italian is attesa
expectation in Latin is praestolatio prestolatio
expectation in Norwegian is forventning
expectation in Spanish is espera, expectacion

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