noun Download 🔗Share The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. Examples : "Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick." mind action attitude time plan future possibility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur. Examples : "He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive." mind emotion time future Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest. Examples : "The business used its unexpectedly high profits to make anticipations on its loan, saving a significant amount on interest payments. " finance business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Prolepsis. Examples : "The chef's anticipations of the restaurant's dinner rush helped him prepare enough ingredients ahead of time. " grammar language linguistics literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The choir director explained that the dissonant "anticipations" in the soprano line created a feeling of longing before resolving beautifully into the final chord. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Examples : "My anticipations about the test were that it would be easy, but it turned out to be quite difficult. " mind philosophy attitude future possibility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading