Expectation, or expectations, as well as expectancy or expectancies, may refer to:

Science Expectancy effect (disambiguation) Observer-expectancy effect Subject-expectancy effect Expectancy theory, or expectancy theory of motivation Expectation (philosophy) Expected value, in mathematical probability theory Expectation value (quantum mechanics) Expectation–maximization algorithm, in statistics

Music Expectation (album), a 2013 album by Girl's Day Expectation, a 2006 album by Matt Harding Expectation (EP), a 2023 extended play by D.O. Expectations (Keith Jarrett album), 1971 Expectations (Dance Exponents album), 1985 Expectations (Hayley Kiyoko album), 2018, or Expectations/Overture", a song from the album Expectations (Bebe Rexha album), 2018 Expectations (Katie Pruitt album), 2020, or the title song "Expectation" (waltz), a 1980 waltz composed by Ilya Herold Lavrentievich Kittler "Expectation" (song), a 2010 song by Tame Impala "Expectations" (Lauren Jauregui song), 2018 "Expectations" (Olivia Rodrigo song), 2026 "Expectations", a song by Three Days Grace from Transit of Venus, 2012

Television "Expectations" (Friday Night Lights), a 2010 episode "Expectations" (Juliet Bravo), a 1980 episode

See also Expected value (disambiguation) Great Expectations, a novel by Charles Dickens Xpectation, 2003 studio album by Prince