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expectation (EN)
Substantiv

Substantiv “expectation”

Sg. expectation, Pl. expectations od. unz.
  1. Erwartung
    The children's eyes gleamed with expectation of ice cream after dinner.
  2. Hoffnungen (im Sinne von positiven Erwartungen)
    The children had high expectations for the trip to the amusement park.
  3. Erwartungen (im Sinne von normativen Anforderungen oder Vorstellungen)
    The new software did not meet the expectations we had.
  4. Erwartungswert (in der Statistik der vorhergesagte Durchschnittswert)
    The expectation of rolling a die is 3.5, since it's the average of all possible outcomes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) over a large number of rolls.