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期待 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • expectation noun A strong belief that something will happen or turn out a certain way.
  • hope verb To want something to happen and believe it might.

Senses

期待 is used for these senses in English:

  • expectation The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
  • expectation That which is expected or looked for.
  • hope (countable, _, or, _, uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

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.

hope — full definition

  1. verb To want something to happen and believe it might.
  2. noun A feeling of trust or expectation that something good will happen.

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