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expectancy

/ɪkˈspektənsi/

/ɪkˈspɛktənsi/

Translations

expectancynoun

expectancies

The expectancy of the crowd grew as the concert time approached.

Ожидание толпы росло по мере приближения времени концерта.

продолжительность жизни

The life expectancy in many countries has increased over the past century.

Продолжительность жизни во многих странах увеличилась за последнее столетие.

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Synonyms

expectancyadjective

/ɪkˈspektənsi/

/ɪkˈspɛktənsi/

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

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.