anticipation

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

Noun

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

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 expectancy, hope, expectation, apprehension, foresight, premonition, preconception, foretaste, prescience, forethought, presentiment

Translations

anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] n → previsión f; esperanza; anticipación f

anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] anticipate n → attente f;

thanking you in anticipation → en vous remerciant d'avance, avec mes remerciements anticipés

anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] anticipate n → Erwartung f;

(eagerness) → Vorfreude f;

thanking you in anticipation anticipate → vielen Dank im Voraus

anticipation [æntɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] n → anticipazione f (= expectation); aspettative fpl;

thanking you in anticipation → vi ringrazio in anticipo