noun 1. excitement because you expect that something will happen 2. □ in anticipation of because you expect something to happen ○ We closed our shop in anticipation of riots after the football match.
an•tic•i•pa´tion
n. [L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation.]
1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. “So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
Shak.”
2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as the anticipation of the joys of heaven. “The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.
Thodey.”
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. “Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.
Locke.”
4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. Syn. — Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.
1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. “So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
Shak.”
2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as the anticipation of the joys of heaven. “The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.
Thodey.”
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. “Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.
Locke.”
4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. Syn. — Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.
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