Expectation and Reason

Expectation

Expectation noun - The act or state of looking forward to some occurrence.

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Reason and expectation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Expectation".

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Expectation and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expectation" instead a noun "Reason".

clear	clear expectation	clear reason
usual	usual expectation	usual reason
common	common expectation	common reason
original	original expectation	original reason
Other adjectives: selfish, strong, real, huge, little, new, sole, strange.

The real reason was that the writers were told to salt their stories with "52" references, with the expectation that it would become meaningful later on.

Source: Arc Number
For the same reason, Anatoray battleships are designed with the majority of their weapons on the topside of the ship with expectation of fighting Disith who would be descending from above.

Source: Anime / Last Exile
The reason the ugly one is male is because of society's traditional (and outdated) expectation that women should take pains to look nice.

Source: What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?

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Reason and Expectation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expectation/reason

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Reason or Expectation. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expectation/reason.

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