Expectation

[Sarah]

The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of natureto effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average durationof the life individuals after any specified age.

[Rihanna]

The thoughts and hopes [that go] through ones mind before an [engagement]/party/happening etc. that consist of imagining what it might be like.
The [equation] to find satisfaction is found by taking enjoyment and subtracting expectation from it. This is to say that one should never expect too much from something.

[Michiko]

A strong belief that something will happen or be the case.

[Agnes]

to [look] [high] of, above [normal]

[Michiko]

What one thinks will happen in the future.
What one wants to happen in the future.

The only word known to be both a synonym and antonym to itself, because an [optimist] will expect their [expectations] to be met, while a [pessimist] will not expect their expectations to be met.

[Cami]

Extreme [yearning] or [anxiety] due to the desire to [fondle] the breasts of a former lover.