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anticipation

an·ti·ci·pation

UK/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/ US/ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/ fairly common

noun

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something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

  • “each of them had their own anticipations”
  • “an indicator of expectancy in development”
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3.

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

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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”
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Origin

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem. By surface analysis, anticipate + -ion.

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