ALL meanings of anticipation
an·tic·i·pa·tion
A a - uncountable noun anticipation Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen. 3
- noun anticipation the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight 3
- noun anticipation the act of taking or dealing with funds before they are legally available or due 3
- noun anticipation an unstressed, usually short note introduced before a downbeat and harmonically related to the chord immediately following it 3
- noun anticipation an anticipating or being anticipated 3
- noun anticipation something anticipated or expected 3
- noun anticipation foreknowledge; presentiment 3
- noun anticipation the assignment or taking of income from a trust fund before it is due 3
- noun anticipation the sounding of a tone in advance of the chord to which the tone belongs 3
- noun anticipation intuition 1
- noun anticipation The action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction. 1
- noun anticipation the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated. 1
- noun anticipation realization in advance; foretaste. 1
- noun anticipation expectation or hope. 1
- noun anticipation previous notion; slight previous impression. 1
- noun anticipation intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience. 1
- noun anticipation Law. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate. 1
- noun anticipation Music. a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord. 1
- noun anticipation hope 1
- noun anticipation act of anticipating 1
- noun anticipation The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. 0
- noun anticipation The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur. 0
- noun anticipation (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest. 0
- noun anticipation (rhetoric) Prolepsis. 0
- noun anticipation (music) 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. 0
- noun anticipation (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. 0