expectancy

Other forms of expectancy

plural

expectancies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about expectancy

What does expectancy mean?

expectancy means "an expectation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in expectancy?

expectancy has 4 syllables: ex-pec-tan-cy. The stress falls on "pec". In IPA it is /ɪkˈspɛktənsi/.

What is another word for expectancy?

Close synonyms include anticipation, anticipation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is expectancy a common word?

expectancy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.