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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anticipation \An*tic`i*pa"tion\, n. [L. anticipatio: cf F. anticipation.] 1. 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. --Shak. 2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just --Thodey. 3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. --Locke. 4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. Syn: Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anticipation n 1: pleasurable expectation [syn: {expectancy}] 2: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" [syn: {expectancy}] 3: reasoning about the future [syn: {prediction}, {foresight}] 4: some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory"; "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock" 5: wishing with confidence of fulfillment [syn: {expectation}]
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