expectancynoun [ U ]
uk/ɪkˈspek.tən.si/us/ɪkˈspek.tən.si/the feeling that something exciting or pleasant is going to happen:
There was a general air of expectancy in the crowd.
See also
life expectancy
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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