expectation (EN)
substantiivi

substantiivi “expectation”

sg. expectation, pl. expectations or uncountable
  1. odotus
    The children's eyes gleamed with expectation of ice cream after dinner.
  2. toiveet
    The children had high expectations for the trip to the amusement park.
  3. vaatimukset (vahvat käsitykset siitä, mitä tulisi tapahtua)
    The new software did not meet the expectations we had.
  4. odotusarvo
    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.