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attente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • expectancy noun A feeling of anticipation about something that is likely to happen.
  • expectation noun A strong belief that something will happen or turn out a certain way.
  • wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.
  • waiting noun The act of remaining somewhere until something happens.

Senses

attente is used for these senses in English:

  • expectancy Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
  • wait A delay.
  • waiting The act of staying or remaining in expectation.

expectancy — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of anticipation about something that is likely to happen.
  2. noun A statistical figure showing how long or how much of something is likely, on average.

expectation — full definition

  1. noun A strong belief that something will happen or turn out a certain way.
  2. noun A standard or requirement that someone is supposed to meet.

Related French words