EXPECTATION

n. 1 anticipation, confidence, hopefulness, watchfulness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, expectancy, suspense There was an air of expectation in the room 2 hope, assumption, presumption, surmise, supposition, belief, conjecture, US and Canadian guess Our expectation is that he will come on the next train 3 demand, requirement, wish, desire, want, insistence, reliance I think your expectations might be too optimistic 4 prospects, outlook He had great expectations from his rich uncle