Expectancy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪkˈspektənsɪ|
Brit.
|ɪkˈspekt(ə)nsɪ|
noun
- an expectation (syn: anticipation)
- something expected (as on the basis of a norm) (syn: anticipation)
- something expected (as on the basis of a norm) (syn: anticipation)
an indicator of expectancy in development
Extra examples
...that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise...
I saw the look of expectancy in the children's eyes.
An increase in life expectancy
Poverty and poor housing correlate with a shorter life expectancy.
Scientists estimate that smoking reduces life expectancy by around 12 years on average.
People in manual occupations have a lower life expectancy.
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