anticipation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
- (countable, uncountable) The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
- (countable, uncountable) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Prolepsis.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Synonyms
speculation
rebated acceptance
anticipated payment
Translations
anticipation
Erwartung
anticipación
anticipazione
πρόβλεψη
antecipaçãoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English anticipacioun, from Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.
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