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ex·pec·tan·cy  (k-spktn-s)

n. pl. ex·pec·tan·cies

1. The act or state of expecting; expectation: Tense with expectancy, I waited for my name to be called.

2. The state of being expected.

3. Something expected.

4. An expected amount calculated on the basis of actuarial data: a life expectancy of 70 years.

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expectancy

Noun

1. something expected, esp. on the basis of a norm: a life expectancy of 78

2. anticipation or expectation

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expectancy - an expectation                       anticipation expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen suspense - excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense" fever - intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment" hope - a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"
	2.	expectancy - something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" anticipation expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future life expectancy - an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities

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expectancy

noun 1. likelihood, prospect, tendency, outlook, probability

noun 2. expectation, hope, anticipation, waiting, belief, looking forward, assumption, prediction, probability, suspense, presumption, conjecture, surmise, supposition

Translations

expectancy [ɪkˈspɛktənsɪ] n (= anticipation) → expectación f;

life expectancy → esperanza de vida

expectancy [ɪksˈpɛktənsɪ] n → attente f;

life expectancy → espérance f de vie

expectancy [ɪksˈpɛktənsɪ] expect n → Erwartung f;

life expectancy expect → Lebenserwartung f

expectancy [ɪkˈspɛktənsɪ] n → attesa;

life expectancy → probabilità fpl di vita