expectancy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛkt(ə)nsi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)nsi/
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• General-American: /ɪkˈspɛktənsi/
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• General-American: /ɛkˈspɛktənsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P EH1 K T AH0 N S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From expectant + -cy or expect + -ancy.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: очакване (očakvane) — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Catalan: expectativa — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Finnish: odotus — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• French: attente — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• French: espérance — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• French: expectative — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• German: Erwartung — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Greek: προσδοκία (prosdokía) — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Romanian: anticipare — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Romanian: așteptare — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Scottish Gaelic: dòchas — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Scottish Gaelic: dùil — expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
• Bulgarian: вероятност (verojatnost) — the state of being expected, or something expected
• Hebrew: תּוֹחֶלֶת (toẖélet) — the state of being expected, or something expected
• French: expectative — (law) future interest as to possession or enjoyment
• German: Anwartschaft — (law) future interest as to possession or enjoyment
• Italian: aspettativa — (law) future interest as to possession or enjoyment