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expectancy

[ ik-spek-tuhn-see ]

noun

plural expectancies.
  1. the quality or state of expecting; expectation; anticipatory belief or desire.
  2. the state of being expected.
  3. an object of expectation; something expected.


expectancy

/ 瑟办藞蝉辫蓻办迟蓹苍蝉瑟 /

noun

  1. something expected, esp on the basis of a norm or average

    his life expectancy was 30 years

  2. anticipation; expectation
  3. the prospect of a future interest or possession, esp in property

    an estate in expectancy

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expectancy1

From the Medieval Latin word ex(s)pectantia, dating back to 1590鈥1600. See expectant, -ancy
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That process is ongoing amid an expectancy that his formal appointment is completed and announced later this summer.

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A woman with stage four brain cancer who has outlasted her doctors' life expectancy predictions has completed the London Marathon.

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A new health and wellbeing strategy is being launched, in a bid to improve life expectancy for those living in less affluent areas of a Surrey borough.

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An ancient oak felled in a north London park by Toby Carvery's owners was classified last year as a "fine specimen" with a life expectancy of at least 50 years, planning documents show.

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Since then, average life expectancy in the U.S. has only dropped further.

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