Synonyms for anticipation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : an-tis-uh-pey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃən |
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Définition of anticipation
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin anticipationem (nominative anticipatio) "preconception, preconceived notion," noun of action from past participle stem of anticipare "take care of ahead of time" (see anticipate). Meaning "action of looking forward to" is from 1809.
- noun expectation
- noun readiness; forethought
- "Nobody but you and me," Burke declared, all agog with anticipation of victory at last.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But he was beginning to drink with pleasure, with anticipation, with hope.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- This was at a moment when all England was in arms, in anticipation of an invasion from France.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- By anticipation their bosoms swelled with gratitude, and their hearts dilated into praise.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Both the experience and the anticipation of it were emotionally exciting.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- For the past year he had lived only in anticipation of this happy future.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- The man nodded and moistened the end of his pencil in anticipation.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- Her whole solicitude was in her anticipation of what he would do about it.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But even now the time has not arrived when the anticipation of Plato can be realized.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- The Timaeus also contains an anticipation of the stoical life according to nature.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
Antonyms for anticipation
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