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  

British National Corpus

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. Gjorge Ivanov:

   You come at a time when Macedonian society is deeply divided, and the Macedonian (nation) is heavily wounded by broken promises, unfulfilled expectations and faltering trust in the international community.

2. Mark To:

   Gold prices are feeling some kind of pressure because of the increasing easing of risk aversion, people have formed expectations that central banks worldwide have to include more stimulus packages in their monetary policies, leading to risk asset appreciation.

3. Gordon Allan Lake:

   Thailand has great medical facilities, hospitals, embryologists and surrogacy has been going on for years in Thailand, everyone had great expectations, there was no reason to think anything could go wrong.

4. Kelvin Cochran:

   To actually lose my childhood dream-come-true profession – where all of my expectations have been greatly exceeded – because of my faith is staggering, the very faith that led me to pursue my career has been used to take it from me.

5. Zach Graumann:

   Andrew Yang is the only contender showing exponential growth in the third quarter, this grassroots fundraising total, with over $6 million in the bank, ensures this campaign will have the funding to compete and outperform expectations through Super Tuesday and beyond.

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