expectation
Definitions
Noun
- Belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
- The feeling that something is about to happen
- The sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "expectation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expectations | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | expectation | 4 | 11 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "expectation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explanation | 4 | 43 |
| 2 | metropolitan | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | demonstration | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | recommendation | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | exclamation | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | exasperation | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | exploitation | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | generalization | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | sedimentation | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | self-deception | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | regimentation | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | sequestration | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | eskandarian | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | explication | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | extradition | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | extrication | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | mesopotamian | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | metropolitain | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | pennsylvanian | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | rectification | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | westernization | 5 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "expectation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reputation | 4 | 27 |
| 2 | expectations | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | expecting | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | execution | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | expedition | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | depreciation | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | experimentation | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | repetition | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | temptation | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | precaution | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | exploitation | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | exasperation | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | extraction | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | expectant | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | vegetation | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | recitation | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | expiration | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | excitation | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | explication | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | expatriation | 5 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "expectation" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "expectation" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the expectation | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "expectation" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "expectation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 21
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Dear Annie: My mother-in-law’s weekend visiting expectations are exhausting us
Jun 13, 2025 MassLive
Jun 13, 2025 MassLive
COLUMN: Expectations rise, for some reason, on leisure airplane trips
Jun 11, 2025 Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jun 11, 2025 Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette