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anticipation

[ an-tis-uh-pey-shuh n ]
/ ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən /
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noun

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RELATED WORDS

apprehension, joy, prospect, hope, awareness, expectancy, outlook, contemplation, impatience, preconception, foresight, promise, premonition, trust, presentiment, preoccupation, prescience, foretaste, intuition, foreboding

Nearby words

antichristian, antichthon, anticipant, anticipate, anticipated, anticipation, anticipative, anticipatory, anticipatory assimilation, anticity, anticlastic

Origin of anticipation

1540–50; (< Middle French) < Latin anticipātiōn- (stem of anticipātiō), equivalent to anticipāt(us) (past participle; see anticipate) + -iōn- -ion
Related formsnon·an·tic·i·pa·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for anticipation

anticipation

/ (ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən) /

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)
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Word Origin and History for anticipation

anticipation

n.

late 14c., from Latin anticipationem (nominative anticipatio) "preconception, preconceived notion," noun of action from past participle stem of anticipare "take care of ahead of time" (see anticipate). Meaning "action of looking forward to" is from 1809.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper