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expectancy

/ɪkˈspektənsi/

/ɪkˈspɛktənsi/

Translations

expectancynoun

expectancies

expectativeAttente mêlée d’anticipation, généralement dans un registre soutenu.

There was a sense of expectancy in the air as the audience waited for the concert to begin.

Il régnait une expectative dans l’air tandis que le public attendait le début du concert.

espérance de vieEmploi courant en démographie et en médecine.

Improvements in public health have raised life expectancy across the globe.

Les progrès de la santé publique ont augmenté l’espérance de vie dans le monde entier.

Additional translations

expectativeDroit : droit futur ou intérêt éventuel avant acquisition effective.

Synonyms

expectancyadjective

/ɪkˈspektənsi/

/ɪkˈspɛktənsi/

Used attributively before nouns (e.g., "expectancy effects"), functioning adjectivally.

expectatifRare; se dit surtout dans des contextes psychologiques ou théoriques liés aux attentes.

The study examined the expectancy beliefs that influence student motivation.

L’étude a examiné les croyances expectatives qui influencent la motivation des étudiants.

expectancynoun

The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something pleasant, will happen or be the case.

There was a sense of expectancy in the air as the audience waited for the concert to begin.

The statistically determined average period that something, especially a person's life, is expected to last.

Improvements in public health have raised life expectancy across the globe.

A future right or interest that has not yet vested, especially in property law.

Under the will, the grandchildren held only an expectancy until the trust terminated.

expectancyadjective

Relating to, derived from, or involving expectations or anticipation.

The study examined the expectancy beliefs that influence student motivation.