expectation
/ˌekspekˈteɪʃən/ nounDefinition
EXPECTING SOMETHING GOOD [C] › when you expect good things to happen in the future: [usually plural] The holiday lived up to all our expectations (= was as good as we expected). My parents had high expectations for me (= expected me to be successful).
EXPECTING SOMETHING [C, U] › when you expect something to happen: He had gone away and there was no expectation of his return.
(Definition of expectation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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