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.

belief about (or mental picture of) the future

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

the feeling that something is about to happen

anticipating with confidence of fulfillment