Relating to expectation.

Of or pertaining to an expectation. / (canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice.

(canon law) The anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent.

One who expects.

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

Obsolete form of expectable.

plural of disconfirmed expectancy

(of a person) The amount of time one is expected to live. / (figuratively, by extension, of an idea or an object) The amount of time something is expected to last.

Almost to expect; to think that something may happen, without being entirely sure.