expectation
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(noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
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Synonyms: outlook, prospect |
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Related Words: anticipation, apprehension, belief, expectancy, foretaste, hope, misgiving, possibility, promise |
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(noun) the feeling that something is about to happen |
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Related Words: anticipation, expectancy, feeling |
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(noun) wishing with confidence of fulfillment |
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Synonyms: anticipation |
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Related Words: hopefulness |
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(noun) the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values |
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Synonyms: arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment |
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Related Words: mean |
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