English Explanatory Dictionary

anticipation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
  2. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
  3. Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
  4. Prolepsis.
  5. 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. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Pronunciation

/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anticipation.wav /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/ [ɛənˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən] /ænˌtɪs.ə.pæɪ.ʃən/

Word forms

anticipation anticipations

Etymology

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.

Synonyms

expectingness

Related words

anticipate anticipator anticipatory

Derived words

anticipationism anticippointment teleoanticipation unanticipation
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