Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.

    Erwartung

    an expectation

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being expected.

    something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

  3. (countable, uncountable)Future interest as to possession or enjoyment

    Anwartschaft

  4. (countable, uncountable)Expectation; expected value

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something expected or awaited.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. People's life expectancy grows every year.

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  2. Algeria's average life expectancy has increased.

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  3. We are in expectancy of which event could happen yet.

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  4. As recent research shows, the life expectancy in Japan is consistently increasing.

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  5. Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something:
(law) future interest as to possession or enjoyment:

Origin

From expectant + -cy or expect + -ancy.

From expectant + -cy or expect + -ancy.

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Forms

plural: expectancies

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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