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Meanings of expectancy in English

Portuguese
esperança
Spanish
expectación
Catalan
expectació

An expectation.

        esperança
        Usage of expectancy in English
        1
        Due to better health for an ageing population, life expectancy is increasing.
        The Irish Times
        2
        A hush fell on the church; everyone stood motionless in silent expectancy.
        Urbain Grandier / Celebrated Crimes
        3
        An intense and startled expectancy dawned in his face; his lips parted.
        The Mating of Lydia
        4
        Increasing life expectancy has made it imperative that action is taken now.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Not the fact of it, but the hope and expectancy of it.
        The new yorker
        6
        An indescribable, unmistakable enthusiasm was manifest in the expectancy of the multitude.
        A Woman of Thirty
        7
        In great expectancy, she lifted the heavy lid of the cedar chest.
        American Indian Stories
        8
        The languorous dream is broken; there is an air of new expectancy.
        Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
        9
        Now obviously he could not ask him directly about Julian's life expectancy.
        Julian
        10
        Life expectancy in Japan rose for the fourth straight year in 2009.
        Reuters
        11
        No one spoke, and in the still expectancy small sounds loomed large.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        12
        Every sense in the body is raised to a pitch of expectancy.
        The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
        13
        Dozens of soldiers were gathered outside in an atmosphere of tense expectancy.
        Acts of faith
        14
        These result in a reduction in life expectancy estimated to be four-years.
        Radio NZ
        15
        On going to the parlour Jane found her visitor standing in expectancy.
        The Nether World
        16
        The gap between life expectancy in Ireland and the EU is widening.
        The Irish Times
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