anticipation
Americannoun
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the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
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realization in advance; foretaste.
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expectation or hope.
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previous notion; slight previous impression.
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intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.
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Law. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.
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Music. a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.
noun
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the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight
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the act of taking or dealing with funds before they are legally available or due
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music an unstressed, usually short note introduced before a downbeat and harmonically related to the chord immediately following it Compare suspension
Other Word Forms
- nonanticipation noun
Etymology
Origin of anticipation
First recorded in 1540–50; from Middle French, from Latin anticipātiōn-, stem of anticipātiō “innate notion, preconception,” from anticipāt(us) “taken before, anticipated” (past participle of anticipāre “to take before”; anticipate ) + -iō -ion
Example Sentences
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Israeli troops had reinforced Israel’s northern border in anticipation of a fight, said Nadav Shoshani, a spokesman for the Israeli military.
“Saturday. I might be able to wait that long. But if you see a zombie at the bookstore, that’ll be me, because I will have died of anticipation.”
From Literature
Part of me still expected to ram face-first into solid rock, and I closed my eyes in anticipation of impact.
From Literature
Meanwhile, in anticipation of strikes, Iran and other producers have rushed to ship as much oil as possible, with refiners in Asia front-loading purchases.
The smell of the grass, the anticipation of matchday and the fight for three points: it has been a long time since Antonio has had those experiences in club football.
From BBC
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