English-Finnish translations for expectation

• odotus
  Ensimmäinen odotus on, että sopimus on ratifioitava ja sen on tultava voimaan. First there is the expectation that it should be ratified and enter into force.
  Sellaisten, todellisten sotatoimien odotus voi jo sinällään osoittautua riittäväksi. A realistic expectation as to the likelihood of such an action taking place might in itself be sufficient.
  Tätä tukee komission odotus, jonka mukaan tupakan kulutus laskee kymmenen prosenttia seuraavien viiden vuoden aikana. This is underlined by the Commission's expectation that tobacco consumption will fall by 10% over the next five years.
• odotusarvo

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