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n. The act or state of expecting; expectation: Tense with expectancy, I waited for my name to be called.

n. The state of being expected.

n. Something expected.

n. An expected amount calculated on the basis of actuarial data: a life expectancy of 70 years.

n. expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something

n. the state of being expected

n. something expected or awaited

n. an expectation

n. something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

"University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, who has studied health inequalities and reproductive patterns, points out that healthy life expectancy is short for African Americans and women depend on extended family networks for support."

expectancies    expectancy    expected    expecting    expects   

bear    give birth    birth    have    deliver    reckon    see    consider    regard    view   

expectation    expectancy    expectable    expectant   

hold on    anticipate    look to    hang on    look forward    hold the line    look for   

unexpected    expected    expecting   

await    anticipate    hope    look for    wait    stay    expectation    contemplate    think    trust   

Brecht    Hecht    Select    affect    bedecked    checked    collect    confect    connect    correct   

oppose    top-line    first-quarter    seven-digit    distributable    troggin    full-year    non-tax    tiddy    year-on-year