noun
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Meanings
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1
noun
A feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen.
The fans waited with great anticipation for the concert to begin.
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2
noun
The act of expecting or preparing for something before it happens.
In anticipation of the storm, they boarded up the windows.
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expectingness
Word family
Forms
anticipations
Derived forms
anticipationismanticippointmentteleoanticipationunanticipation
Etymology
From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.
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