expectedness

ex·pect  (k-spkt)

v. ex·pect·ed, ex·pect·ing, ex·pects

v.tr.

1.

a. To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of: expecting a telephone call; expects rain on Sunday.

b. To consider likely or certain: expect to see them soon. See Usage Note at anticipate.

2. To consider reasonable or due: We expect an apology.

3. To consider obligatory; require: The school expects its pupils to be on time.

4. Informal To presume; suppose.

v.intr.

1. To look forward to the birth of one's child. Used in progressive tenses: His sister is expecting in May.

2. To be pregnant. Used in progressive tenses: My wife is expecting again.

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[Latin exspectre : ex-, ex- + spectre, to look at, frequentative of specere, to see; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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ex·pecta·ble adj.

ex·pecta·bly adv.

ex·pected·ly adv.

ex·pected·ness n.

Synonyms: expect, anticipate, hope, await
These verbs relate to the idea of looking ahead to something in the future. To expect is to look forward to the likely occurrence or appearance of someone or something: "We should not expect something for nothingbut we all do and call it Hope" (Edgar W. Howe).
Anticipate sometimes refers to taking advance action, as to forestall or prevent the occurrence of something expected or to meet a wish or request before it is articulated: anticipated the attack and locked the gates.
The term can also refer to having a foretaste of something expected: anticipate trouble.
To hope is to look forward with desire and usually with a measure of confidence in the likelihood of gaining what is desired: I hope to see you soon.
To await is to wait expectantly and with certainty: eagerly awaiting your letter.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expectedness - the state of being that is commonly observed commonness normalcy, normality - being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
	2.	expectedness - ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity - the quality of being commonplace and ordinary normalcy, normality - expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common surprisingness, unexpectedness - extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected; "the unexpectedness of the warm welcome"