anticipation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

   each of them had their own anticipations

2. 2
   noun

   The 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.

3. 3
   noun

   The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

   He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.

4. 4
   noun

   Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

   [M]any Men give themſelves up to the firſt anticipations of their minds, and are very tenacious of the Opinions that firſt poſſeſs them; [...]

5. 5
   noun

   the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

6. 6
   noun

   an expectation

7. 7
   noun

   anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

8. 8
   noun

   Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.

Etymology

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.