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expectation

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "expectation" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

4 syllables
11 characters
English (US)
4syllables

expectation

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

expectation is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, expectation is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofexpectation

1noun
  • 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 occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
  • The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
  • The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
  • (colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.
  • The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
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