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expectation

 
 
/ˌekspekˈteɪʃən/ noun

Translation

EXPECTING SOMETHING GOOD [C] when you expect good things to happen in the future
umut
[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).11152127
EXPECTING SOMETHING [C, U] when you expect something to happen
bir şeyin olmasını bekleme/umma
He had gone away and there was no expectation of his return.1115
(Definition of expectation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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