transcription, транскрипция: [ ekspekteɪʃ(ə)n ]
( expectations)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your expectations are your strong hopes or beliefs that something will happen or that you will get something that you want.
Students’ expectations were as varied as their expertise...
The car has been General Motors’ most visible success story, with sales far exceeding expectations...
N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl
2.
A person’s expectations are strong beliefs which they have about the proper way someone should behave or something should happen.
Stephen Chase had determined to live up to the expectations of the Company.
N-COUNT : usu pl