expectation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Types & categories
- belief hypernym
- promise hyponym
- foretaste hyponym
- possibility hyponym
- anticipation hyponym
- misgiving hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
Types & categories
- hopefulness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the feeling that something is about to happen
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- anticipation hyponym
Related & opposite
- have a bun in the oven derivation
- expect derivation
Sense 4 noun
the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Types & categories
- mean hypernym
Related & opposite
- statistics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expect |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | belief |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foretaste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | possibility |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anticipation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | misgiving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | await |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hopefulness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | have a bun in the oven |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | expect |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anticipation |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | statistics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mean |