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Synonyms for expectancy
ɪkˈspɛk tən siex·pectan·cy

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. expectancy

    Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

    Synonyms:
    antepast, anticipation, apprehension, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

    Antonyms:
    astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. anticipation, expectancynoun

    an expectation

    Synonyms:
    prediction, anticipation, expectation, prevision

  2. anticipation, expectancynoun

    something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

    "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"

    Synonyms:
    prediction, anticipation, expectation, prevision

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expectancynoun

    Synonyms:
    expectation, hope, expectance

  2. expectancynoun

    Synonyms:
    (Law.) abeyance, prospect

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "expectancy":

    hope, expectation, espérance, hoped, esperanza, span, lifespan

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How to use expectancy in a sentence?

  1. Timothy Cunningham:

    What we do know from other studies that have documented changes in mortality and changes in life expectancy over time is that they are often associated with improvements in health care access, such as screening for chronic conditions, regular followup visits, taking medication regularly, where we live determines our health; it determines our quality of housing, the schools we attend, our employment opportunities.

  2. Martin McKee:

    I wasn't surprised by these findings, we've been publishing for several years reports, warning that life expectancy has been stagnating since 2015.

  3. Dan Buettner:

    Life expectancy in America is about 79, we should be able to live to 92. Somewhere along the line, we're leaving 13 years on the table. So my quest is -- how do we get those extra 13 years? And how do we make those extra 13 years, good years?

  4. George Ploubidis:

    Earlier in the 20th century, a rise in life expectancy went hand in hand with an increase in healthy lifespan -- younger generations were living longer, healthier lives.

  5. Howard Koh:

    It is a whole constellation of conditions they have shown impacts life expectancy. It is not just medical conditions, but also the social drivers that appear to be at play, like income inequality and mental distress.


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