Expectancy
noun
The feeling that something is going to happen soon.
There's an air of expectancy in the house as we wait for the birth of the new baby.
Often appears as...
- air of expectancy
- sense of expectancy
noun
The average period that a person may expect to live.
In developed countries, life expectancy at birth is about 80 years.
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- life expectancy
- expectancy at birth
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Neutral
noun
The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something nice, will happen.
We are full of expectancy for the days ahead.
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- full of expectancy
- great expectancy
noun
The prospect of future success or happiness.
He has great expectancy of winning the match.
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- great expectancy
- high expectancy
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Approving
noun
The feeling that something is going to happen soon.
There's an air of expectancy in the house as we wait for the birth of the new baby.
Often appears as...
- air of expectancy
- sense of expectancy
noun
The average period that a person may expect to live.
In developed countries, life expectancy at birth is about 80 years.
Often appears as...
- life expectancy
- expectancy at birth
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something nice, will happen.
We are full of expectancy for the days ahead.
Often appears as...
- full of expectancy
- great expectancy
noun
The prospect of future success or happiness.
He has great expectancy of winning the match.
Often appears as...
- great expectancy
- high expectancy
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Upcoming Events
Used when an event or moment is expected to happen soon, often causing excitement or tension.
The crowd hummed with expectancy as the concert was about to start.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Expectancy might also refer to the anticipation of something negative or stressful.
There was a sense of expectancy as they awaited the test results.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Intensity
Expresses the emotional intensity with which someone awaits an outcome; can vary from subtle to strong.
Her eyes shone with quiet expectancy as she watched the door.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
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Population pyramids:...
Countries that have only recently begun the process of industrialization typically see an increase in life expectancy and a fall in child mortality rates as a result of improvements in medicine, sanitation, and food supply. While birth rates remain constant, leading to a population boom.
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Why do animals have such...
often account for the discrepancies in longevity. So it's the combination of all these factors playing out to differing degrees in different animals that explains the variability we see in the animal kingdom. So what about us? Humans currently have an average life expectancy of 71 years,
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Feeding Baby Orphaned...
elephants have a similar life expectancy to us in the wild babies aren't weaned until they're around two years old and until then they rely totally on mother's milk but with no mothers around finding the right sort of milk was a massive problem and threatened the whole
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Africa’s rhyming history...
percent of the secondary all the new nations built universities which had hardly existed before independence countries like Tanzania made concerted efforts to give rural populations access to clinics infant mortality rates dropped life expectancy rose I saw all
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How equal do we want the...
It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?
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How computer memory...
Solid-state drives also have an additional weakness. Repeatedly writing to floating gate transistors corrodes them, eventually rendering them useless. With data on most current storage media having less than a ten-year life expectancy,
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Adorable Baby Animal...
loved and cherished elephants have a similar life expectancy to us in the wild babies aren't weaned until they're around two years old and until then they rely totally on mother's milk but with no mothers around finding the
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How to make stress your...
Chris This is kind of amazing, what you're telling us. It seems amazing to me that a belief about stress can make so much difference to someone's life expectancy. How would that extend to advice,
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James Robertson: The...
with an indifference borne of the passion to survive artillery horses had to drag heavy cannon through all the elements and once they got to the frontlines the life expectancy under fire was
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
Video examples
Population pyramids:...
Countries that have only recently begun the process of industrialization typically see an increase in life expectancy and a fall in child mortality rates as a result of improvements in medicine, sanitation, and food supply. While birth rates remain constant, leading to a population boom.
Video examples
Why do animals have such...
often account for the discrepancies in longevity. So it's the combination of all these factors playing out to differing degrees in different animals that explains the variability we see in the animal kingdom. So what about us? Humans currently have an average life expectancy of 71 years,
Video examples
Feeding Baby Orphaned...
elephants have a similar life expectancy to us in the wild babies aren't weaned until they're around two years old and until then they rely totally on mother's milk but with no mothers around finding the right sort of milk was a massive problem and threatened the whole
Video examples
Africa’s rhyming history...
percent of the secondary all the new nations built universities which had hardly existed before independence countries like Tanzania made concerted efforts to give rural populations access to clinics infant mortality rates dropped life expectancy rose I saw all
Video examples
How equal do we want the...
It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?
Video examples
How computer memory...
Solid-state drives also have an additional weakness. Repeatedly writing to floating gate transistors corrodes them, eventually rendering them useless. With data on most current storage media having less than a ten-year life expectancy,
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
loved and cherished elephants have a similar life expectancy to us in the wild babies aren't weaned until they're around two years old and until then they rely totally on mother's milk but with no mothers around finding the
Video examples
How to make stress your...
Chris This is kind of amazing, what you're telling us. It seems amazing to me that a belief about stress can make so much difference to someone's life expectancy. How would that extend to advice,
Video examples
James Robertson: The...
with an indifference borne of the passion to survive artillery horses had to drag heavy cannon through all the elements and once they got to the frontlines the life expectancy under fire was
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes have caused a major further deterioration of worldwide levels of nutrition.
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Fred Allen
American Comedian
An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
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Ken Buck
American Politician
We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.
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Jan Schakowsky
American Politician
The reality is that life expectancy has not improved for everyone. In fact, in some cases, life expectancy is actually decreasing.
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Johnny Vegas
British Comedian
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.
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Rob Van Dam
American Wrestler
I'm a strong believer in modern medicine. I think it has its use in society. I think it adds longevity to our life expectancy.
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Ron Chernow
American Author
I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled.
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Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.
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Mike Krzyzewski
American Coach
The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
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Richard Lamm
American Politician
It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes have caused a major further deterioration of worldwide levels of nutrition.
Quote examples
Fred Allen
American Comedian
An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.
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Ken Buck
American Politician
We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.
Quote examples
Jan Schakowsky
American Politician
The reality is that life expectancy has not improved for everyone. In fact, in some cases, life expectancy is actually decreasing.
Quote examples
Johnny Vegas
British Comedian
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.
Quote examples
Rob Van Dam
American Wrestler
I'm a strong believer in modern medicine. I think it has its use in society. I think it adds longevity to our life expectancy.
Quote examples
Ron Chernow
American Author
I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled.
Quote examples
Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.
Quote examples
Mike Krzyzewski
American Coach
The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
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