Dictionary

anticipation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
• [ɛənˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən] (US)
• /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• /ænˌtɪs.ə.pæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem. By surface analysis, anticipate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
   • 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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
   • Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.
2. (countable, uncountable) The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
   • He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.
   • I was giddy with anticipation.
   • He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
   • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. 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; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • November 20, 1836, Samuel Thodey, The Honour Attached to Eminent Piety and Usefulness anticipation of that final hour which he had long contemplated as near at hand
3. (countable, uncountable) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
4. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Prolepsis.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) 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:

Forms

Deriveds

teleoanticipation · unanticipation · anticippointment · anticipationism

Hyponyms

dread (anticipating, expectation) · apprehension (anticipating, expectation) · anxiety#Synonyms (anticipating, expectation)

Relateds

anticipate · anticipatory · anticipator

Synonyms

electricity · expectingness

Translations (51)

ru предвкуше́ние (the act of anticipating) · cs očekávání (the act of anticipating) · sl pričakovanje (the act of anticipating) · ka მოლოდინი (the act of anticipating) · es anticipación (the act of anticipating) · bg избъ́рзване (the act of anticipating) · ro anticipare (the act of anticipating) · es anticipamiento (the act of anticipating) · pt antecipação (the act of anticipating) · la anticipātiō (the act of anticipating) · es anticipación (eagerness for future occurrence) · de Vorausahnung (the act of anticipating) · wrg soklü (the act of anticipating) · bg предви́ждане (the act of anticipating) · ro anticipație (eagerness for future occurrence) · es expectación (eagerness for future occurrence) · sh prȅdosećāj (the act of anticipating) · aii ܡܸܣܬܲܟܝܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (the act of anticipating) · ru предчу́вствие (the act of anticipating) · sh пре̏досећа̄ј (the act of anticipating) · fi varautuminen (the act of anticipating) · tr sezinleme (the act of anticipating) · pl antycypacja (music) · ro anticipație (the act of anticipating) · es previsión (the act of anticipating) · hu várakozás (eagerness for future occurrence) · eo anticipo (the act of anticipating) · de Erwartung (the act of anticipating) · bg предвку́сване (the act of anticipating) · id antisipasi (the act of anticipating) · sk očakávanie (the act of anticipating) · be прадчува́нне (the act of anticipating) · de spannungsvolle Erwartung (eagerness for future occurrence) · gl anticipación (eagerness for future occurrence) · sh пре̏досјећа̄ј (the act of anticipating) · bg оча́кване (the act of anticipating) · gl anticipación (the act of anticipating) · nl voorpret (eagerness for future occurrence) · mk очекување (the act of anticipating) · pl oczekiwanie (the act of anticipating) · sh prȅdosjećāj (the act of anticipating) · de Vorahnung (the act of anticipating) · be чака́нне (the act of anticipating) · uk передчуття́ (the act of anticipating) · de Vorfreude (eagerness for future occurrence) · ca anticipació (the act of anticipating) · la praesūmptiō (the act of anticipating) · it anticipazione (the act of anticipating) · uk очі́кування (the act of anticipating) · ro anticipare (eagerness for future occurrence) · ru ожида́ние (the act of anticipating)