"expectancy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: expectancies [plural]
Etymology: expectant + -cy or expect + -ancy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|expectant|cy}} expectant + -cy, {{suffix|en|expect|ancy}} expect + -ancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} expectancy (countable and uncountable, plural expectancies)
  1. Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something): очакване (očakvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), expectativa [feminine] (Catalan), odotus (Finnish), attente [feminine] (French), espérance [feminine] (French), expectative [feminine] (French), Erwartung [feminine] (German), προσδοκία (prosdokía) [feminine] (Greek), anticipare [feminine] (Romanian), așteptare [feminine] (Romanian), dòchas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dùil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-expectancy-en-noun-JWrL7~6B Disambiguation of 'expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something': 72 18 1 9 1
  2. The state of being expected. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being expected, or something expected): вероятност (verojatnost) [masculine] (Bulgarian), תּוֹחֶלֶת (toẖélet) [feminine] (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-expectancy-en-noun-xrCTvz79 Disambiguation of 'the state of being expected, or something expected': 19 53 6 14 8
  3. (law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations ((law) future interest as to possession or enjoyment): expectative [feminine] (French), Anwartschaft [feminine] (German), aspettativa [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-expectancy-en-noun-xD2wza7U Topics: law Disambiguation of '(law) future interest as to possession or enjoyment': 1 10 69 15 5
  4. (statistics) expectation; expected value Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-expectancy-en-noun-ByXHTvPh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ancy, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 23 25 38 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 4 23 23 35 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 4 23 23 35 15 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  5. (obsolete) Something expected or awaited. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-expectancy-en-noun-tF9nN24z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: expectingness [rare] Derived forms: disconfirmed expectancy, life expectancy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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