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ANTICIPATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Synonyms:
anticipation; prediction; prevision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticipation"):
projection (a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations)
prognostication; prophecy; vaticination (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))
adumbration; foreshadowing; prefiguration (the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
Example:
an indicator of expectancy in development
Synonyms:
anticipation; expectancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
expectation; outlook; prospect (belief about (or mental picture of) the future)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticipation"):
life expectancy (an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An expectation
Synonyms:
anticipation; expectancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
expectation (the feeling that something is about to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticipation"):
suspense (excited anticipation of an approaching climax)
fever (intense nervous anticipation)
hope (a specific instance of feeling hopeful)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
Synonyms:
anticipation; expectation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
hopefulness (full of hope)
Context examples:
"I will now," said Challenger, with a smile of pleased anticipation, "demonstrate the carrying power of my balloon."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had a pleasing anticipation of what would be.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Delighting, however, as Catherine sincerely did in the prospect of the connection, it must be acknowledged that Isabella far surpassed her in tender anticipations.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
How much more must an imaginist, like herself, be on fire with speculation and foresight!—especially with such a groundwork of anticipation as her mind had already made.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
On the morning of the third day however, the gloomy anticipations of both were almost done away; for when Mr. Harris arrived, he declared his patient materially better.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The evening arrival at the great town of—scattered these thoughts; night gave them quite another turn: laid down on my traveller's bed, I left reminiscence for anticipation.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The anterior cingulate cortex plays a role in emotion, impulse control, attention allocation, reward anticipation and decision-making.
(Key to Treating Schizophrenia May Be Found in Broccoli, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The doctor had to go to London for a physician to take charge of his practice; the squire was hard at work at Bristol; and I lived on at the hall under the charge of old Redruth, the gamekeeper, almost a prisoner, but full of sea-dreams and the most charming anticipations of strange islands and adventures.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He could have wished it otherwise; never in his life had he been conscious of so sharp a wish to see and touch his fellow-creatures; for struggle as he might, there was borne in upon his mind a crushing anticipation of calamity.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was consequently necessary to name some other period for the commencement of actual felicity—to have some other point on which her wishes and hopes might be fixed, and by again enjoying the pleasure of anticipation, console herself for the present, and prepare for another disappointment.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
