单词 | expected |
释义 | expectedadj. Anticipated, regarded as probable or likely; predicted. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected futurec1374 in a possibility1523 forestalled1543 looked-for1548 anticipatec1550 expected1558 long-looked-for1562 looked1565 in expectation1570 expectable1619 expecting1621 in perspective1633 unsurprising1671 in prospect1694 perspective1710 in prospective1746–7 prospective1809 anticipated1814 presumable1825 anticipatable1872 ex ante1937 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [adjective] > expected looked-for1548 expected1558 awaited1670 1558 P. Morwen in tr. A. ben David ibn Daud Hist. Latter Tymes Iewes Commune Weale Ep. to Rdr. sig. ✠.vii Then haue we the expected end of our paines and trauail. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E4, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) You would according to your honourable promises haue done mee an expected good. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. ii. iv. 109 That expected eminent False-prophet who does Antichristianly oppose himself against the Spirit of Truth. 1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 348 Swift fly the Years, and rise th' expected Morn! 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 143 Busied with things about the expected combat. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 98 Fear is not of the present..but is of future and expected evil. 1903 Worcester (Mass.) Daily Spy 2 Nov. 8/3 Little or nothing was seen of the expected meteor storm. 1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood (1947) ii. 36 It is..impossible to predict the expected day of confinement with any degree of precision. 2007 L. Mariner Cleared for Takeoff II. ix. 59 The forecast for tomorrow then, is cool and sunny, with an expected high of 73 degrees. Compounds expected value n. Mathematics a weighted average of all the possible values a random variable can assume, each value being weighted according to the probability of it occurring.In terms of calculation, the expected value of a random variable takes the form of the sum or, if the random variable is continuous, the integral of all values multiplied by their associated probabilities. [Probably after German Erwartungswert (1906 or earlier in this sense; first half of the 19th cent. or earlier in different senses (frequently in actuarial and forestry contexts)), lit. ‘expectation value’. The Russian term is matematičeskoe ožidanie, lit. ‘mathematical expectation’.] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > variable > expected value of expected value1915 1915 A. Fisher & W. Bonynge Math. Theory of Probabilities i. xix. 97 Russian and Scandinavian writers and the followers of the Lexis statistical school of Germany have preferred to make another quantity known as the ‘probable’ or ‘expected value’. 1958 M. G. Kendall Adv. Theory of Statistics I. 51 The notation E derives from the fact that in probability theory such values are often known as ‘expected values’ or ‘expectations’. 2000 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. iv. 2/5 Expected value is the average result, over the long term, that somebody can expect to see from a given decision. expected utility n. a weighted average of values representing the desirability of each outcome of a particular act, each value being weighted according to the probability of that outcome occurring. ΚΠ 1936 Economica 3 452 One finds this principle generally formulated in a way which connects the act of choice with the greatest expected utility of the various possible actions. 1973 G. W. Fischer in D. Wendt & C. Vlek Utility Probability, & Human Decision Making i. 16 Espoused as a normative guide to good decision making, the expected utility model has also been advanced as a descriptive model for risky choice. 2004 Times 20 Sept. 16/7 Astoundingly, the rate at which these neurons become active correlates exactly to the expected utility of the juice reward. Derivatives exˈpectedly adv. according to expectation, not unexpectedly; as expected.Often contrasted with unexpectedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adverb] expectedly1632 expectingly1677 expectantly1771 anticipatingly1851 waitingly1882 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids x. 333 And with this word Expectedly his throat receives the sword. 1758 H. Walpole Let. 31 May in Corr. (1960) XXI. 205 Lord Mansfield..unexpectedly is supported by the late Chancellor..and very expectedly by Mr. Fox. 1893 W. L. Howard Hypnotism as Therapeutic Agent 9 The attitude of the general practitioner..is expectedly one of hostility or indifference. 1920 W. W. Williams Goshen St. ix. 275 It had changed her, unexpectedly to herself, but quite expectedly to any outside person who had known the facts. 2008 L. Fujiwara Mothers without Citizenship iii. 61 Poverty among Southeast Asian families remained expectedly high. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1558 |
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