Meaning or Definition of Expecting.
v. ex·pect·ed, ex·pect·ing, ex·pects
v.tr.
1.
a. To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of: expecting a telephone call; expects rain on Sunday.
b. To consider likely or certain:
expect to see them soon. See Usage Note at
anticipate.
2. To consider reasonable or due: We expect an apology.
3. To consider obligatory; require: The school expects its pupils to be on time.
4. Informal To presume; suppose.
Anticipate
sometimes refers to taking advance action, as to forestall or prevent
the occurrence of something expected or to meet a wish or request before
it is articulated: anticipated the attack and locked the gates.
The term can also refer to having a foretaste of something expected: anticipate trouble.
To hope is to look forward with desire and usually with a measure of confidence in the likelihood of gaining what is desired: I hope to see you soon.
Expectation
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
That which is expected or looked for.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which
something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to
come, esp. of property or rank.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or
property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are
computed for or against the occurrence of the event.
The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
"We should not expect something for nothing
but we all do and call it Hope" (Edgar W. Howe).
Bottom Line, Never Expect!
It disappoints you.
Amelia Erica
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