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expectation vs expectancy

Both 'expectation' and 'expectancy' are correct English words, but they are used in different contexts. 'Expectation' is more commonly used to refer to what is expected or anticipated, while 'expectancy' is used in a more technical sense, such as in statistics or life expectancy calculations.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 990 views

expectation

This is a correct and commonly used English word.

The word 'expectation' is used to refer to what is expected or anticipated in various situations.

Examples:

I have high expectations for this project.
Her expectations were not met by the outcome.

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My client has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
No, and then there's this expectation.
Following expert advice, the Commission assumed an average implied cumulative loss expectation of 16 %.
A woman whose initial fear has mellowed into curious expectation.
We have scrupulously avoided any intervention that might prejudice that expectation.
But that is not my expectation.
Our own roadmap could consist of seeking to meet this expectation.
Take away the burden, the expectation.
The way they run these sites gives them the expectation of anonymity.
Your hand is extended in an incomplete gesture of expectation, uncertainty.
I was happy and tortured like in a love expectation.
This created an expectation that in future public procurement procedures would have to be adhered to throughout EU territory.
But David has absolutely no expectation.
We're seeing, along with that proliferation of mobile devices, an expectation of availability.
It's a distinction that adds an expectation of quality.
This expectation of ours must not be misinterpreted in Turkey.
It was the expectation of the citizens that she would not be censored.
The collection started by our customers has grown beyond all expectation.
In the marvelous expectation of resurrection and the righteous blessings of eternal life...
The false expectation is also known by more aggressive illusionists as the dashed hope.

Alternatives:

anticipation
hope
prediction
assumption
belief

expectancy

This is a correct English word, but it is used in a more technical context.

'Expectancy' is used in technical contexts, such as in statistics or life expectancy calculations.

Examples:

The life expectancy in that region is 75 years.
The expectancy of a fair coin toss is 50%.

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It's still remembered. The fall of life expectancy.
No wonder the life expectancy of men your age was 20 years shorter.
This, again, is life expectancy.
Similarly, women benefit from higher life expectancy than men.
I have a life expectancy of 10 more minutes.
I'm good with my life expectancy.
Right here in Brazil, the life expectancy is 73.6 years.
And on that axis I have life expectancy, the health of people.
Life expectancy has gone up by about 25 years.
Health conditions have broadly improved in the region, with significant improvements for child health and overall life expectancy.
and essentially increasing life expectancy all around the globe.
But life expectancy in this country is only 78.
In America here, life expectancy for the average woman is 80.
This shows you life expectancy against gross national income - how rich countries are on average.
And it makes no difference to their life expectancy at all.
Not the greatest life expectancy with these guys.
The first one is the rise in life expectancy.
And the life expectancy was 35 to 40 years, on par with Afghanistan today.
I think human life expectancy is pretty good.
No wonder the life expectancy of men your age Was 20 years shorter.

Alternatives:

probability
likelihood
chance
forecast
projection

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