Expectation
Expectation noun - The act or state of looking forward to some occurrence.
Test and expectation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Test" instead a noun "Expectation".
Test
Test noun - A procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty.
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Synonyms for Test
Expectation and test are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expectation" instead a noun "Test".
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- The expectation of the narrator is that in this logic test, the chimp will stack the boxes on top of each other to reach the banana.
Source: Stock Animal Diet - An interesting case is an ongoing thread of Jon Ronson's book The Psychopath Test, where he meets a man who pleaded insanity in the expectation that this would be a lighter sentence.
Source: Insanity Defense - The expectation was that a guy in the position he was claiming to hold would know how to run the crowds, and it was a sort of Secret Test of Character.
Source: Mobstacle Course
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