English Dictionary

expectancy

noun

Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something. / The state of being expected. / (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.

The expectancy of winning the lottery was high among the participants.

意味（1）

Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.

[…] the Dukes dissembled their feares, and dissolued their forces, and remained in expectancie what would ensue.

意味（2）

The state of being expected.

意味（3）

(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.

O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!

The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword,

O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown! The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword, Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state […]