Definitions for expectations
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1. Expectations

   Expectations is a 1972 album by the pianist, saxophonist and composer Keith Jarrett, released on Columbia Records. In addition to Jarrett, musicians on the recording include Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Sam Brown, Airto Moreira, as well as brass and string sections whose members are not credited in the album information. Expectations was produced by George Avakian. Expectations was the only recording Jarrett made under his own name on Columbia Records. Jarrett had been a member of Miles Davis' band, which recorded for Columbia, until shortly before making Expectations; the label subsequently signed him to his own contract, but subsequently broke the contract by dropping Jarrett after the record's release.

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1. expectationsnoun

   Plural noun of the word expectation.

   The people had expressed the expectations for a just, fair society where wealth is created and distributed equally across all sectors and people in society.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 24, 2016  

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'expectations' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3036

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'expectations' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4320

How to pronounce expectations?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of expectations in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of expectations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of expectations in a Sentence

1. Russ Koesterich:

   No, we do not envision a significant surge in inflation, but we do think inflation expectations may be too sanguine. As such, we prefer( Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) to plain-vanilla Treasuries in our bond portfolio.

2. Torsten Sloek:

   The cost of this approach is that market expectations become unanchored but they may view this as a small cost relative to sending strong signals ahead of a meeting where there seems to be limited consensus among( rate setting) members.

3. Ei Kaku:

   The yuan rose on expectations of a currency pact. If there will be such an agreement, the yuan could rise to 6.9 to the dollar. But the trouble is, no one knows what's in that pact that they had reportedly agreed in February.

4. Kim Kwang-rae:

   The possibility of the war between the United States and Iran has disappeared ... For the week, the signing of the U.S.-China trade deal would lift oil prices on expectations for higher demand.

5. European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici:

   The fact that negotiations are still going on without having been concluded after more than 3-1/2 months, all that has an impact on expectations for growth and public finances in Greece.

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