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nounan expectation
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nounthe act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
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"each of them had their own anticipations"nounsomething expected (as on the basis of a norm)
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nounanticipating with confidence of fulfillment
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Definition that contains anticipation
- ahead ahead of time; in anticipation
- fear an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- nervous excited in anticipation
- fever intense nervous anticipation
- anxiety a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
- fright an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- beforehand ahead of time; in anticipation
- dread fearful expectation or anticipation
- suspense excited anticipation of an approaching climax
- stakeout surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)