Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anticipation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anticipation \An*tic`i*pa"tion\, n. [L. anticipatio: cf. F.
anticipation.]
1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or
considering something beforehand, or before the proper
time in natural order.
So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
--Shak.
2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen;
instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the
anticipation of the joys of heaven.
The happy anticipation of renewed existence in
company with the spirits of the just. --Thodey.
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Many men give themselves up to the first
anticipations of their minds. --Locke.
4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with
or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary
discord.
Syn: Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation;
antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation;
foresight; forethought.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anticipation
n 1: pleasurable expectation [syn: {expectancy}]
2: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of
them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of
expectancy in development" [syn: {expectancy}]
3: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
[syn: {prediction}, {prevision}]
4: some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later
one; "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory";
"the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock"
5: wishing with confidence of fulfillment [syn: {expectation}]
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