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expectation (EN)
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nom “expectation”

sg. expectation, pl. expectations ou indén.
  1. attente
    The children's eyes gleamed with expectation of ice cream after dinner.
  2. espérances
    The children had high expectations for the trip to the amusement park.
  3. exigences (dans le sens de normes ou standards attendus)
    The new software did not meet the expectations we had.
  4. espérance mathématique (dans le contexte des probabilités et statistiques)
    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.