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expectation
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Sense: Noun: excited anticipation

Synonyms:

anticipation , excitement , desire , hope , hopefulness, high hopes, expectancy, apprehension, apprehensiveness, suspense

Sense: Noun: projection or forecast

Synonyms:

projection, forecast , anticipation , prospect , expectancy, expectance, prediction, assumption , presumption, supposition, surmise, presupposition, conjecture, reckoning

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