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anticipation
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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.
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anticipation
harmonic anticipation

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anticipationanticipation - an expectation                      
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"
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.anticipationanticipation - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
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
hopefulness - full of hope

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 weekesperando una semana de buen tiempo
I bought it in anticipation of her visitlo compré en previsión de su visita
thanking you in anticipationen espera de sus noticias
2. (= excitement) → ilusión f
we waited in great anticipationesperábamos con gran ilusión
3. (= foresight) → previsión f, anticipación f
to act with anticipationobrar con previsión
4. (= foretaste) → anticipo m, adelanto m
anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] 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 anticipationherzlichen Dank im Voraus; to wait in anticipationgespannt warten; we took our umbrellas in anticipation of rainwir nahmen unsere Schirme mit, weil wir mit Regen rechneten
(= seeing in advance)Vorausberechnung f; we were impressed by the hotel’s anticipation of our wishesbeeindruckt, wie man im Hotel unseren Wünschen zuvorkam; his uncanny anticipation of every objectiondie verblüffende Art, in der or wie er jedem Einwand zuvorkam; the driver showed good anticipationder Fahrer zeigte or bewies gute Voraussicht
(of discovery, discoverer)Vorwegnahme f; (Mus, of theme etc) → Vorgriff m (→ of auf +acc)
anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn] 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


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