Definitions for expectancies

expectancies ex·pect·an·cy

Spelling: [ik-spek-tuh n-see]
IPA: /ɪkˈspɛk tən si/

Expectancies is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 25 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 29 points.

You can make 762 anagrams from letters in expectancies (acceeeinpstx).

Definitions for expectancies

noun

  1. the quality or state of expecting; expectation; anticipatory belief or desire.
  2. the state of being expected.
  3. an object of expectation; something expected.

Origin of expectancies

From the Medieval Latin word ex(s)pectantia, dating back to 1590-1600. See expectant, -ancy

Examples for expectancies

But as yet these expectancies were not considered property in the full sense of the word.

And presently across the room, her eyes met her mother's, and their two expectancies touched.

That an unlimited number of expectancies are granted, and many are given for the same office to different persons.

The process intensifies as expectancies of better life for less effort become predominant.

Girls of sixteen or thereabout are prone to expectancies of this kind.

I understood she was an heiress, but had never, until now, thought of inquiring into the precise amount of her expectancies.

Word Value for expectancies
Scrable

25

Words with friends

29

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