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The correct spelling is expectations.
How to pronounce expectations
/ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz/
nounIPA: /ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz/
Say it like: Exp-ect-ash-ons
The correct spelling is expectations. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
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Definition
noun
- 1.The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
- 2.That which is expected or looked for.
- 3.The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
- 4.The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
- 5.The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
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