Meanings
plural expected values
- countableuncountablemathematicsThe weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.
Synonyms: expectation, expectancy, expectation operator, mathematical expectation, mean, expectation value, first moment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قِيمَة مُتَوَقَّعَة
- قِيمَة مُتَوَقَّعَةweighted average of outcomes
Bulgarian матема́тическо оча́кване
- матема́тическо оча́кване (matemátičesko očákvane)weighted average of outcomes
Chinese Mandarin 期望值
- 期望值 (qīwàngzhí)weighted average of outcomes
Czech střední hodnota
- střední hodnotaweighted average of outcomes
Danish forventningsværdi
- forventningsværdiweighted average of outcomes
Dutch verwachtingswaarde
- verwachtingswaardeweighted average of outcomes
Finnish odotusarvo
- odotusarvoweighted average of outcomes
French espérance mathématique, espérance
- espérance mathématiqueweighted average of outcomes
- espéranceweighted average of outcomes
German Erwartungswert
- Erwartungswertweighted average of outcomes
Hebrew תּוֹחֶלֶת
- תּוֹחֶלֶת (tokhélet)weighted average of outcomes
Icelandic væntanlegt gildi, væntigildi
- væntanlegt gildiweighted average of outcomes
- væntigildiweighted average of outcomes
- meðalgildiweighted average of outcomes
Italian valore atteso
- valore attesoweighted average of outcomes
Norwegian Bokmål forventningsverdi
- forventningsverdiweighted average of outcomes
Polish wartość oczekiwana
- wartość oczekiwanaweighted average of outcomes
Russian математи́ческое ожида́ние
- математи́ческое ожида́ние (matematíčeskoje ožidánije)weighted average of outcomes
Spanish esperanza matemática, esperanza
- esperanza matemáticaweighted average of outcomes
- esperanzaweighted average of outcomes
- valor esperadoweighted average of outcomes
Swedish väntevärde
- väntevärdeweighted average of outcomes
Cite this entry
expected value. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expected%20value
“expected value.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expected%20value. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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