1. (n.) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

2. (n.) That which is expected or looked for.

3. (n.) The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank.

4. (n.) The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

5. (n.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.

aftertime afteryears anticipation apprehension apprehensiveness aptitude aspiration assumption assurance assured faith awelessness belief by-and-by calmness chance cheerful expectation composure confidence conjecture conviction cool coolness course ahead crystal ball demand dependence design desire determinism distant future doomed hope dueness entitledness entitlement eventuality expectancy fair expectation fair prospect faith favorable prospect fervent hope foresight forward look future future tense futurism futurity good chance good cheer good hope great expectations guess hereafter high hopes hope hopeful prognosis hopefulness hopes hoping hoping against hope immediate future immediate prospect imminence inexcitability insistence intention justice justifiable expectation liability likelihood likeliness meritedness motive near future nodding acceptance nonamazedness nonamazement nonastonishment nonmarveling nonwonder nonwondering notion odds offing outlook posteriority prayerful hope prediction presumption presumptive evidence probabilism probability project promise prophecy prospect prospects reasonable ground reasonable hope reliance requirement sanguine expectation security supposition surmise suspense tendency the future the morrow the sweet by-and-by time ahead time just ahead time to come tomorrow trust unamazedness unamazement unastonishment unimpressibleness unsurprise unsurprisedness verisimilitude want watchfulness well-grounded hope wish wonderlessness