expectations
- 1Plural of expectation.
The product exceeded the expectations of even its harshest critics.
Managing customer expectations is a key part of any service role.
Note
A plural that only some meanings of expectation take comfortably. The state of looking forward, used uncountably, rarely pluralizes. The countable senses do: things expected, duties others assume you owe, and prospects of good to come, especially of property or rank. That last sense is why a person's expectations can mean an inheritance in view. In everyday use the plural settles into set phrases: meet, exceed or manage expectations.
expectations is a form of expectation
expectation, noun: Whatever someone expects or looks for in a given situation. Full entry
- Forms
- expectationexpectations plural
- Spelling
- expectation → expectations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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