anticipation has definitions from the field of psychology
1
[ noun ] something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

Synonyms

expectancy

Examples

"each of them had their own anticipations" "an indicator of expectancy in development"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts .

2
[ noun ] pleasurable expectation

Synonyms

expectancy

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

Her eyes were bright with anticipation .

Related terms

expectation hope fever suspense

3
[ noun ] (psychology) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

Used in print

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

`` That will have to be in the hotel '' , the doctor retorted , confirming Alex 's anticipations .

4
[ noun ] some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one

Examples

"there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory" "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock"

Used in print

(Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)

Again the student of evolutionary biology will find a fascinating , if to our minds grotesque , anticipation of the theory of chance variations and the natural elimination of the unfit in Lucretius , who in_turn seems to have borrowed the concept from the philosopher Empedocles .

Related terms

entity

5
[ noun ] wishing with confidence of fulfillment

Synonyms

expectation

Related terms

hopefulness expect

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