nounπShareThe act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order."Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick."mindtimefutureattitudeeventplanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur."He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive."mindemotionattitudetimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπSharePrepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest."To save on interest, Maria made an anticipation payment on her student loan. "financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareProlepsis."Seeing the brightly colored posters for the school play, the students felt anticipation for the performance. "literaturelanguagelinguisticswritingfuturetimemindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA 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."The anticipation in the music before the final chord was a low, sustained note, a perfect unison with the next note, but not part of the harmony of the preceding chord. "musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareHasty notion; intuitive preconception."Her anticipation that the test would be easy proved wrong when she saw the complex questions. "mindattitudetimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
