plural of expectant

One who expects.

In an expectable manner

expectative / (linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.

plural of expecter

plural of expecting

Obsolete form of expectable.

(Christianity) The period between Ascension Day and Whitsunday, during which the apostles continued praying in expectation of Christ.

(economics) The proposition that a long-term interest rate is determined purely by current and future expected short-term rates, so that the expected final value of wealth from investing in a sequence of short-term bonds equals the final value of wealth from investing in long-term bonds.

Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent