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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
Noun
the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight: smiling in happy anticipation
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
Translations

anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] nprevisión f; esperanza; anticipación f
anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] anticipate nattente f;
thanking you in anticipation → en vous remerciant d'avance, avec mes remerciements anticipés
anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] anticipate nErwartung f;
(eagerness) → Vorfreude f;
thanking you in anticipation anticipate → vielen Dank im Voraus
anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] nanticipazione f (= expectation); aspettative fpl;
thanking you in anticipation → vi ringrazio in anticipo

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