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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ek-spek-tey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk spɛkˈteɪ ʃən |
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Définition of expectation
Origin :- 1530s, from Middle French expectation (14c.) or directly from Latin expectationem/exspectationem (nominative expectatio/exspectatio) "anticipation, an awaiting," noun of action from past participle stem of expectare/exspectare (see expect). Related: Expectations.
- noun belief, anticipation
- She paused, with a look of expectation, as if she waited for my consenting answer.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And now, my dear, let me ask you, Have I come up to your expectation?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Mr. Bright, contrary to all expectation, became President of the Board of Trade.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Every eye, in short, is upon you with the expectation of an example.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- She lived by habit, by the punctual fulfillment of her expectation.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- As much money as they would pay me was the limit of my expectation.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- For every expectation that he fulfilled there was another that he destroyed.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Was it possible that she herself was there, in the expectation of bringing about a prodigy?
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He seemed, indeed, to have been impressed with an expectation that he should fall in the battle.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- The expectation of acquiring a competent fortune did not last long.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
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