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expectation - belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
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outlook,
prospect |
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belief any cognitive content held as true
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hope,
promise one of the three Christian virtues
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foretaste an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
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possibility a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
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anticipation,
expectancy something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
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apprehension,
misgiving the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen |
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feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
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anticipation,
expectancy something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
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