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| Concept: | [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional Volition |
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chance (hap); stand a chance (be possible)., toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it, take one's chance; run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die., speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards., risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.
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| Concept: | Expectation. |
| Category: | 2. To the Future |
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expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder at, not wonder if., wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch., foresee; prepare for; forestall (be early); count upon (believe in); think likely (probability)., lead one to expect (predict); have in store for (destiny)., prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.
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| Antonyms: | inexpectation |
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| Concept: | Liability. |
| Category: | 4. Indirect Power |
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be liable; incur, lay oneself open to; run the chance, stand a chance; lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to.
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| Concept: | Supposition. |
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suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise, presuppose; assume, fancy, wish, take it; give a guess, speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted., put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture., allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head., suggest itself (thought); run in the head (memory); marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.
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| Concept: | [Absence of wonder.] Expectance. |
| Category: | 4. Contemplative Affections |
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| Antonyms: | wonder |
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