7
plan(noun, organization, concept, study, increase)
7
possibility(noun, plan, belief, chance, hope)
7
promise(noun, plan, desire, concern, belief)
7
thought(noun, concept, study, feeling, plan)
6
assumption(noun, concept, understanding, desire, concern)
6
chance(noun, break, plan, belief, life)
6
faith(noun, understanding, desire, concern, belief)
6
prediction(noun, belief, guess, hope, estimate)
6
view(noun, concept, understanding, plan, idea)
5
calculation(noun, belief, aim, meaning, anticipation)
5
apprehensiveness(noun, feeling, anticipation, foreboding, intuition)
5
assurance(noun, understanding, cheer, happiness, belief)
5
conjecture(noun, concept, understanding, fancy, idea)
5
future(noun, time, lot, hope, objective)
5
optimism(noun, state, desire, concern, belief)
5
reliance(noun, understanding, desire, concern, belief)
5
supposition(noun, concept, understanding, fancy, idea)
5
surmise(noun, understanding, fancy, belief, hope)
4
aim(noun, concept, plan, desire, idea)
4
arithmetic mean(noun, expression, idiom, value)
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