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. expectations

   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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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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. Andrew Leach:

   Rightly or wrongly the psychology within most operations is 'Costs are high for now but we will sort it out', you would need a significantly lower price with pretty long running expectations that it will continue to see (production) cuts.

2. Callan Jansen of Washington state:

   It's just really hard to feel like the work I'm doing is real or important when the expectations are so vague, external motivators are really helpful for me, and right now it feels like I need to rely almost entirely on internal motivation, which can be really hit or miss.

3. Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer:

   Given the apparent stability of inflation expectations, there is good reason to believe that inflation will move higher as the forces holding down inflation dissipate further, with inflation low, we can probably remove accommodation at a gradual pace.

4. Tiger Woods:

   I have to be realistic about my expectations and hopefully peaking at the right time, i peaked at Augusta well. And hopefully I can peak a few more times this year.

5. Takeshi Minami:

   This is a pretty positive figure and shows the recovery is picking up pace, non-manufacturers are boosting spending on expectations that private consumption will recover, so this should serve as a key driver of growth.

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