Associations to the word «Anticipation»
Noun
Adjective
- Joyful
- Licked
- Joyous
- Breathless
- Eager
- Imminent
- Hopeful
- Impending
- Dread
- Tense
- Upcoming
- Taut
- Awaited
- Pleasing
- Quivering
- Hushed
- Delicious
- Prophetic
- Alight
- Gloomy
- Delightful
- Noir
- Forthcoming
- Clenched
- Shivering
- Pleasant
- Tightened
- Glowing
- Beforehand
- Keen
- Fearful
- Future
- Positioning
- Disappointed
- Dreary
- Stirring
- Confident
- Fond
- Cheerful
- Sharpened
- Cherished
- Glistening
Wiktionary
ANTICIPATION, noun. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
ANTICIPATION, noun. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
ANTICIPATION, noun. (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
ANTICIPATION, noun. (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
ANTICIPATION, noun. (music) 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.
ANTICIPATION, noun. (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Dictionary definition
ANTICIPATION, noun. An expectation.
ANTICIPATION, noun. Something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development".
ANTICIPATION, noun. The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future).
ANTICIPATION, noun. Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment.
Wise words
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make
his words good.