English-Estonian translations for expectation

• ootus
  Meie ootused olid realistlikud. Our expectations were realistic.
  Teile seatud ootused on suured. There are great expectations of you.
  Kõigil on seoses Euroopaga suured ootused. Everyone has great expectations of Europe.

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