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- DictionaryAn·tic·i·pa·tion/anˌtisəˈpāSHən/
noun
- 1. the action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction: "her eyes sparkled with anticipation"
noun. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated. realization in advance; foretaste. expectation or hope. previous notion; slight previous impression. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience. Law. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.
Anticipation is excitement, waiting eagerly for something you know is going to happen. Someone who has just proposed marriage waits in anticipation for a positive reply. Anticipation can be a nervous expectation, like when the birthday party waited in anticipation for Elmer to walk in so they could surprise him.
a feeling of excitement about something (usually something good) that is going to happen. The courtroom was filled with anticipation. Definition of anticipation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the excited feeling of waiting for something to happen: The children were breathless with anticipation. in anticipation (of) in preparation for something happening: She's even decorated the spare room in anticipation of your visit.
5 days ago · Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen. There's been an atmosphere of anticipation around here for a few days now. Synonyms: expectancy, hope, expectation, apprehension More Synonyms of anticipation. 2. See in anticipation of sth. More Synonyms of anticipation.
anticipation. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English an‧tic‧i‧pa‧tion /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/ AWL noun [ uncountable] 1 when you are expecting something to happen She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive.
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.
