The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number; commonly called the mean or the average.
The arithmetic mean.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
That which is expected or looked for.