English-Dutch translations for expectation

• verwachting
  We moeten aan die verwachting tegemoetkomen. We must meet that expectation.
• afwachting
  Tienduizenden producenten zijn, in afwachting van het besluit, al begonnen met de aardbeienteelt. Tens of thousands of producers have started to grow strawberries in expectation of the decision.
  Misschien vindt u deze vergelijking niet relevant, maar in afwachting van de toetreding van de kandidaat-lidstaten is ze wel relevant. This comparison may not seem relevant to you, but it is relevant in terms of the candidate countries' expectations.
  Ik stem voor het verslag in afwachting van een belastingharmonisatie die zal leiden tot één enkel btw-tarief in de hele Unie. I voted in favour, in the expectation of a tax harmonisation system that will lead to a single VAT rate throughout the Union.

Definition of expectation

• The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen
• That which is expected or looked for
• The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank
• The value of any chance which depends upon some contingent event
• The arithmetic mean

Synonyms

• average

Related words

• expectation value
• theory of expectations
• against all expectations
• contrary to all expectations
• according to expectation
• exceed expectations