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.

  2. Algeria's average life expectancy has increased.

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

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

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

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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