Expectation

Definition

expectation /ek'spek'teÇʃn/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (of sth) ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ခ်က္။ He has little expectation of winning a prize. ❍ A few fans waited for a glimpse of the star, but more in hope than in expectation. ❍ In the twentieth century people's expectation of life has been greatly increased. ၂။ [C usu pl ] ေမွ်ာ္မွန္းခ်က္။ His parents have great expectations for his future. ❍ She had high expectations of what university had to offer. ❍ The holiday was beyond all our expectations (ie better than we had hoped for). ❏ against/ contrary to (all) expectation(s) [ IDM ] ထင္ထားတာႏွင့္တလြဲ။ a gold medal that was against all expectations. ❏ fall short of sb's/ not come up to (sb's) expectations [ IDM ] ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ထားသေလာက္ ျဖစ္မလာ။ မွန္းခ်က္ႏွင့္ ႏွမ္းထြက္မကိုက္။ Unfortunately the restaurant he recommended fell far short of our expectations. ❍ His performance didn't come up to expectations.

Examples

1. [expectation of] : The team set off without any expectation of success.
2. [in expectation of] : His associate had given the information in expectation of a reduced penalty.
3. [contrary to/against (all/someone’s) expectations] : Contrary to her expectations
4. Caroline found the show very entertaining.
5. [in line with expectations] : The rise in inflation is broadly in line with expectations.
6. Mark and Susie went into marriage with very different expectations.
7. The two teachers have different expectations of their students.
8. [exceed/surpass someone’s expectations] : The success of the product has exceeded all our expectations.
9. [beyond (all) expectations] : The team has performed beyond all expectations.
10. [have high/low expectations] : Parents with high expectations of their children
11. [come up to/live up to/meet someone’s expectations] : We had heard so much about the restaurant
12. but it did not live up to our expectations.