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anticipation

harmonic anticipation

an·tic·i·pa·tion

(ăn-tĭs′ə-pā′shən)

1. The act of expecting or foreseeing something; expectation or presentiment: "None are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing" (Samuel Johnson).

2. An expectation: "His heart was light and his anticipations high" (Mark Twain).

3. Action taken in order to prevent or counteract something: The police department's anticipation of unruly behavior after the championship game prevented mayhem.

4. The use or assignment of funds, especially from a trust fund, before they are legitimately available for use.

5. Music Introduction on a weak beat of one note of a new chord before the previous chord is resolved.

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anticipation

(ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən)

1. the act of anticipating; expectation, premonition, or foresight

2. (Banking & Finance) the act of taking or dealing with funds before they are legally available or due

3. (Music, other) music an unstressed, usually short note introduced before a downbeat and harmonically related to the chord immediately following it. Compare suspension¹¹

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an•tic•i•pa•tion

(ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.

2. realization in advance; foretaste.

3. expectation or hope.

4. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.

5. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.

6. a musical tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.

[1540–50; (< Middle French) < Latin]

Anticipation

See Also: HOPE

Anticipation went through me like a ripple of discordant notes —A. E. Maxwell
Lay in waiting like a giant crab —August Strindberg
In Strindberg’s play, The Stranger, a character named Mrs. X thus compares the woman who wants her husband.
Like chill dawn waiting for sunrise, I am waiting for you —Rainer Maria Rilke
Wait, breathless as a bride —George Garrett
Waited … keenly as fisherman waiting for a bite —Lawrence Durrell
Waiting for her like a king awaiting the arrival of a courtier —Harvey Swados
Waiting [without thought or action] like a radio set equipped with a receiver only, for a signal from a distance which he wasn’t even certain would be transmitted —Kenzaburo Oë
Wait … like a dog expecting to be taken for a walk —Rosamund Pilcher
Wait … like a pair of sea captains’ wives in their widow’s walks —Thomas McGuane

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Noun	1.	anticipation - an expectation expectancy expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen suspense - excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense" fever - intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment" hope - a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"
	2.	anticipation - something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" expectancy expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future life expectancy - an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
	3.	anticipation - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) prediction, prevision abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning - thinking that is coherent and logical projection - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations prophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration - the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
	4.	anticipation - anticipating with confidence of fulfillment expectation hopefulness - full of hope

anticipation

noun

1. expectancy, hope, expectation, apprehension, foresight, premonition, preconception, foretaste, prescience, forethought, presentiment There's been an atmosphere of anticipation round here for some days.

2. readiness for, expectation, preparation for Troops have been put on alert in anticipation of more trouble.

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anticipation

noun

1. The condition of looking forward to something, especially with eagerness:

expectance, expectancy, expectation.

2. Something expected:

expectancy, expectation, prospect.

Translations

تَرَقُّب، تَوَقُّع، إنْفِعال

dychtivé očekávání

forventning

Erwartung Vorfreude Ahnung Antizipation

anticipación expectación previsión espera esperanza

anticipation plaisir anticipé

eftirvænting

umutla bekleme

anticipation

[ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən] N

1. (= expectation) → expectativa f
in anticipation (= ahead of time) → de antemano
in anticipation of a fine week → esperando una semana de buen tiempo
I bought it in anticipation of her visit → lo compré en previsión de su visita
thanking you in anticipation → en espera de sus noticias

2. (= excitement) → ilusión f
we waited in great anticipation → esperábamos con gran ilusión

3. (= foresight) → previsión f, anticipación f
to act with anticipation → obrar con previsión

4. (= foretaste) → anticipo m, adelanto m

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anticipation

[ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃ^ən] n (= expectation) → attente f
an atmosphere of anticipation → une atmosphère chargée d'anticipation
in anticipation
His eyes gleamed in anticipation → Ses yeux brillaient à cette perspective.
thanking you in anticipation → en vous remerciant d'avance, avec mes remerciements anticipés
to await sth with anticipation → attendre qch avec impatience
in anticipation of sth (= in preparation for) → en prévision de qch

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anticipation

(= expectation) → Erwartung f; thanking you in anticipation → herzlichen Dank im Voraus; to wait in anticipation → gespannt warten; we took our umbrellas in anticipation of rain → wir nahmen unsere Schirme mit, weil wir mit Regen rechneten

(= seeing in advance) → Vorausberechnung f; we were impressed by the hotel’s anticipation of our wishes → beeindruckt, wie man im Hotel unseren Wünschen zuvorkam; his uncanny anticipation of every objection → die verblüffende Art, in der or wie er jedem Einwand zuvorkam; the driver showed good anticipation → der Fahrer zeigte or bewies gute Voraussicht

(of discovery, discoverer) → Vorwegnahme f; (Mus, of theme etc) → Vorgriff m (→ of auf +acc)

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anticipation

[ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃ/ən] n in anticipation (of) → in previsione or attesa (di)
we waited in great anticipation (excitement) → abbiamo aspettato con grande impazienza
in anticipation of an enjoyable week → pregustando una bella settimana
thanking you in anticipation → vi ringrazio in anticipo

anticipate

(ӕnˈtisəpeit) verb

1. to expect (something). I'm not anticipating any trouble.

2. to see what is going to be wanted, required etc in the future and do what is necessary. A businessman must try to anticipate what his customers will want.

anˌticiˈpation noun

I'm looking forward to the concert with anticipation (= expectancy, excitement).

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Miss Dunross wrote the words, and paused in anticipation of the next sentence.

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Pleasing myself with the idea that the supposition might in part arise out of some ingenuity in the story, and thinking it worth while, in the interests of art, to hint to an audience that an artist (of whatever denomination) may perhaps be trusted to know what he is about in his vocation, if they will concede him a little patience, I was not alarmed by the anticipation.

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"With some money down," I replied, for an uneasy remembrance shot across me of that symmetrical bundle of papers at home; "with some money down, and perhaps some anticipation of my expectations."

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They say the captain will never point the ship for the land so long as he has in anticipation a mess of fresh meat.

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No schoolboy counting the lagging hours that must pass before the beginning of "long vacation" released him to the delirious joys of the sum-mer camp could have been filled with greater im-patience or keener anticipation.

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His fondest anticipation's had gone no farther than twenty or thirty thousand dollars to a claim; but here were claims worth half a million each at the least, even if they were spotted.

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Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour.

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By the time they have lounged up and down the promenade of the Equator awhile, they start for the Oriental waters in anticipation of the cool season there, and so evade the other excessive temperature of the year.

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Both the guests and the outside public had by now passed through all the phases of anticipation.

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The invitations were sent out before sunset, and straightway the young folks of the village were thrown into a fever of preparation and pleasurable anticipation. Tom's excitement enabled him to keep awake until a pretty late hour, and he had good hopes of hearing Huck's "maow," and of having his treasure to astonish Becky and the picnickers with, next day; but he was dis- appointed.

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When the lad felt fit again the two continued their journey toward the coast, and once more the boy's mind was filled with pleasurable anticipation.

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Wherefore the Capitol had been packed with troops in anticipation. Since we knew nothing about the bomb, and since a bomb actually was exploded, and since the authorities had prepared in advance for the explosion, it is only fair to conclude that the Iron Heel did know.