anticipation

anticipation

harmonic anticipation

an·tic·i·pa·tion

 (ăn-tĭs′ə-pā′shən)

n.

1. The act of expecting or foreseeing something; expectation or presentiment: "None are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing" (Samuel Johnson).

2. An expectation: "His heart was light and his anticipations high" (Mark Twain).

3. Action taken in order to prevent or counteract something: The police department's anticipation of unruly behavior after the championship game prevented mayhem.

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

(ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən)

n

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

2. (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 suspension¹¹

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an•tic•i•pa•tion

(ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.

2. realization in advance; foretaste.

3. expectation or hope.

4. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.

5. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.

6. a musical tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.

[1540–50; (< Middle French) < Latin]

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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

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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.

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anticipation

noun

1. The condition of looking forward to something, especially with eagerness:

expectance, expectancy, expectation.

2. Something expected:

expectancy, expectation, prospect.

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Translations

تَرَقُّب، تَوَقُّع، إنْفِعال

dychtivé očekávání

forventning

ErwartungVorfreudeAhnungAntizipation

anticipaciónexpectaciónprevisiónesperaesperanza

anticipationplaisir anticipé

eftirvænting

previsione

forventning

предвкушение

umutla bekleme

期望预期

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

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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

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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)

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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

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anticipate

(ӕnˈtisəpeit) verb

1. to expect (something). I'm not anticipating any trouble. verwag يَتَوَقَّع очаквам prever předpokládat erwarten forvente; se frem til προσδοκώ, περιμένωesperar, contar con ootama انتظار داشتن odottaa s'attendre à לְצַפּוֹת पूर्वानुमान करना očekivati számít (vmire) memperhitungkan, mengharapkan vænta aspettarsi 予想する 예상하다 laukti, tikėtis paredzēt; gaidīt menjangka verwachtenvente; se fram tilspodziewać się, oczekiwać انتظار کول prever a an­ti­cipa предвидеть predpokladať pričakovati predvideti vänta sig, räkna med คาดหวัง ummak, beklemek 期望，預期 передчувати, чекати توقع رکھنا lường trước 期望

2. to see what is going to be wanted, required etc in the future and do what is necessary. A businessman must try to anticipate what his customers will want. verwag يَسْتَبِق предвиждам prever předvídat voraussehen forudse προβλέπωprever ette nägema پیش بینی کردن ennakoida prévoir לִצְפּוֹת पूर्वाभास predvidjeti előre lát meramalkan sjá fyrir prevedere 予期する 기대하다 numatyti paredzēt; nojaust menduga voorzienforutse przewidywać پیش بینی کول prever a prevedea предвосхищать predvídať predvideti preduhitriti förutse คาดการณ์ önceden tahmin etmek 預見 передбачати پیش بینی کرنا ، بھانپ لینا đoán trước 预见

anˌticiˈpation noun

I'm looking forward to the concert with anticipation (= expectancy, excitement). verwagting تَرَقُّب، تَوَقُّع، إنْفِعال очакване expectativa dychtivé očekávání die Erwartung forventning ανυπομονησίαexpectación, ilusión ootusärevus انتظار؛ چشم به راهی odotus plaisir anticipéצפייה, ציפייה पूर्वानुमान iščekivanje várakozás antisipasi eftirvænting viva attesa 期待 예상 nekantrumas gaidas; cerības keterujaan verwachtingforventningniecierpliwość, oczekiwanie انتظار، سترګی په لار expectativa nerăbdare предвкушение očakávanie nestrpno pričakovanje (uzbuđeno) iščekivanje förväntan การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง umutla bekleme 期待，期望，預期 передчуття, передбачення پیش بینی ، امید ، توقع sự tiên đoán 期望，预期

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