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Word entry · 11 letters

expectation

Best crossword clue

"Future belief"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aceeinopttxStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

Word origin

From Middle French expectation, from Latin exspectātiō, from exspectō (“expect”). By surface analysis, expect + -ation. Displaced native Old English wēn.

Used in a sentence

  • I entered early adulthood with the same expectation: I would marry, and my husband would manage our money.
  • He struggled with his parents' expectations.
  • Charles Penrhyn, for he was the object of Louisa's preference, had expectations—that term, so vague when those expectations depend upon others.

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