anticipation (redirected from Anticipations)

an·tic·i·pa·tion  (n-ts-pshn) n. 1. The act of anticipating. 2. An expectation. 3. Foreknowledge, intuition, and presentiment. 4. The use or assignment of funds, especially from a trust fund, before they are legitimately available for use. 5. Music Introduction on a weak beat of one note of a new chord before the previous chord is resolved.

anticipation harmonic anticipation

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anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən]

n

1. the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) the act of taking or dealing with funds before they are legally available or due

3. (Music, other) Music an unstressed, usually short note introduced before a downbeat and harmonically related to the chord immediately following it Compare suspension [11]

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Anticipation 

See Also: HOPE

1. Anticipation went through me like a ripple of discordant notes —A. E. Maxwell
2. Lay in waiting like a giant crab —August Strindberg

   In Strindberg’s play, The Stranger, a character named Mrs. X thus compares the woman who wants her husband.

3. Like chill dawn waiting for sunrise, I am waiting for you —Rainer Maria Rilke
4. Wait, breathless as a bride —George Garrett
5. Waited … keenly as fisherman waiting for a bite —Lawrence Durrell
6. Waiting for her like a king awaiting the arrival of a courtier —Harvey Swados
7. Waiting [without thought or action] like a radio set equipped with a receiver only, for a signal from a distance which he wasn’t even certain would be transmitted —Kenzaburo Oë
8. Wait … like a dog expecting to be taken for a walk —Rosamund Pilcher
9. Wait … like a pair of sea captains’ wives in their widow’s walks —Thomas McGuane

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anticipation - an expectation                       expectancy expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen suspense - excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense" fever - intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment" hope - a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"
	2.	anticipation - something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" expectancy expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future life expectancy - an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
	3.	anticipation - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) prediction, prevision abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning - thinking that is coherent and logical projection - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations prophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration - the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
	4.	anticipation - anticipating with confidence of fulfillment expectation hopefulness - full of hope

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anticipation

noun

1. expectancy, hope, expectation, apprehension, foresight, premonition, preconception, foretaste, prescience, forethought, presentiment There's been an atmosphere of anticipation round here for some days.

2. readiness for, expectation, preparation for Troops have been put on alert in anticipation of more trouble.

Translations

anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] N

1. (= expectation) → expectativa f
in anticipation (= ahead of time) → de antemano
in anticipation of a fine week → esperando una semana de buen tiempo
I bought it in anticipation of her visit → lo compré en previsión de su visita
thanking you in anticipation → en espera de sus noticias

2. (= excitement) → ilusión f
we waited in great anticipation → esperábamos con gran ilusión

3. (= foresight) → previsión f, anticipación f
to act with anticipation → obrar con previsión

4. (= foretaste) → anticipo m, adelanto m

anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃ^ən] n (= expectation) → attente f
an atmosphere of anticipation → une atmosphère chargée d'anticipation
in anticipation
His eyes gleamed in anticipation → Ses yeux brillaient à cette perspective.
thanking you in anticipation → en vous remerciant d'avance, avec mes remerciements anticipés
to await sth with anticipation → attendre qch avec impatience
in anticipation of sth (= in preparation for) → en prévision de qch

anticipation

n

(= expectation) → Erwartung f; thanking you in anticipation → herzlichen Dank im Voraus; to wait in anticipation → gespannt warten; we took our umbrellas in anticipation of rain → wir nahmen unsere Schirme mit, weil wir mit Regen rechneten

(= seeing in advance) → Vorausberechnung f; we were impressed by the hotel’s anticipation of our wishes → beeindruckt, wie man im Hotel unseren Wünschen zuvorkam; his uncanny anticipation of every objection → die verblüffende Art, in der or wie er jedem Einwand zuvorkam; the driver showed good anticipation → der Fahrer zeigte or bewies gute Voraussicht

(of discovery, discoverer) → Vorwegnahme f; (Mus, of theme etc) → Vorgriff m (→ of auf +acc)

anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃ/ən] n in anticipation (of) → in previsione or attesa (di)
we waited in great anticipation (excitement) → abbiamo aspettato con grande impazienza
in anticipation of an enjoyable week → pregustando una bella settimana
thanking you in anticipation → vi ringrazio in anticipo