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Thompson Chain Reference
• Expectation-Disappointment
• Expectation
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• Expectation Week
• Expectation Sunday
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King James Dictionary
• Expecting
• Expectation
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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• Expect, Expectation
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• Expective
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• Expect; Expectation
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• Expectation of Life
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• ܣܳܟ݂ܳܐ
• ἀπελπίζω
• ἀποκαραδοκία , καραδοκία
• δοκέω
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• מַבָּט
• פָּלַל , פָּלַל
• לִפְנֵי לִפְנָי, , פָּנֶה
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(1):

(n.) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

(2):

(n.) That which is expected or looked for.

(3):

(n.) The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.

(4):

(n.) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

(5):

(n.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.