expectancy
noun/ɪkˈspektənsi/
/ɪkˈspektənsi/
[uncountable]- the state of expecting or hoping that something, especially something good or exciting, will happen
- There was an air of expectancy among the waiting crowd.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpectancy is used after these nouns:- life
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin exspectantia, from exspectare ‘look out for’, from ex- ‘out’ + spectare ‘to look’.Definitions on the go
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