Definition of expectation

• n. - The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
• n. - That which is expected or looked for.
• n. - The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.
• n. - The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.
• n. - The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.