anticipation
/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/US/ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/
anticipation noun: the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
Noun
anticipation (countable and uncountable, plural anticipations)
- The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.
- So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no feather.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
- He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
- He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.
- Synonyms:
- electricity
- Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
- Prolepsis.
- A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
- Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
- [M]any Men give themſelves up to the firſt anticipations of their minds, and are very tenacious of the Opinions that firſt poſſeſs them; [...]a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 25, page 81
anticipation meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
anticipation in Tamil
- முன் கூட்டி எதிர்பார்த்தல், எதிர்பார்த்தல், கால முன்னிடைவு, முன்னறிவு, முன்செயல், முன்நிகழ்வு
anticipation in Marathi
- anticipation
- अपेक्षा apekṣā
anticipation in Urdu
- امید
anticipation in Bengali
- anticipation
- ওয়াস্তা ōẇasta, তোয়াক্কা tōẇakka, অপেক্ষা opekkha
More languagesFewer languages
- anticipation in Telugu
- ఎదురుచూపు edurucūpu
- anticipation in Malayalam
- മുന്നറിവ്, കാലേകൂട്ടി ചെയ്ത, മുൻവിചാരം, പ്രതീക്ഷ
- anticipation in Punjabi
- بھلیکھا bhulekhā
- anticipation in Indonesian
- antisipasi
Examples of anticipation in a sentence
- I was giddy with anticipation.
- Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
Synonyms of anticipation
Forms of anticipation
| plural | anticipations |
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Origin of anticipation
From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem. By surface analysis, anticipate + -ion.
Words formed from anticipation
Words that rhyme with anticipation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about anticipation
- What does anticipation mean?
- Anticipation means the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- What is anticipation in Tamil?
- Anticipation in Tamil is முன் கூட்டி எதிர்பார்த்தல், எதிர்பார்த்தல், கால முன்னிடைவு. See Anticipation meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use anticipation in a sentence?
- I was giddy with anticipation.
- What part of speech is anticipation?
- Anticipation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anticipation?
- Anticipation is pronounced /ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anticipation?
- The plural of anticipation is anticipations.
Words near anticipation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anticipation (page history and authors); anticipation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अपेक्षा (Marathi) (page history and authors); anticipation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অপেক্ষা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఎదురుచూపు (Telugu) (page history and authors); anticipation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بھلیکھا (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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