- Dictionaryan·tic·i·pa·tion/anˌtisəˈpāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction: "her eyes sparkled with anticipation" Similar
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- 1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated. 2. realization in advance; foretaste. 3. expectation or hope. 4. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience. 5. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate. 6.
Legal Definition of anticipation : the knowledge or use of an invention in the U.S. or the patenting or describing of the invention in a publication in the U.S. or a foreign country before the discovery by a patent applicant
Aug 19, 2011 · noun the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight the act of taking or dealing with funds before they are legally available or due music an unstressed, usually short note introduced before a downbeat and harmonically related to the chord immediately following itCompare suspension (def. 11)
1. the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight 2. (Banking & Finance) the act of taking or dealing with funds before they are legally available or due 3.
/ ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃ ə n / C2 a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future: As with most pleasures, it's not so much the experience itself as the anticipation that is enjoyable.
Anticipation is also a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future: Skiers look forward to the first snow of winter with eager anticipation. (Definition of anticipation from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure or anxiety in considering or awaiting an expected event.
Despite claims that anticipate should only be used to mean “to perform (an action) or respond to (a question, etc.) in advance” or “to forestall,” it has been used widely since the 18th century as a synonym for expect, often with an implication of pleasure: We anticipate a large turnout at the next meeting.