anticipation

CEFRC1

/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A feeling of excitement about something that may happen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.

Examples

  • An exhibition was given in anticipation of the Queen's visit.

  • He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ænˌtɪs.ə.pæɪ.ʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

  2. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

  3. A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.

More examples

In context

  • He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.

  • Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.

  • Thanking you in anticipation.

Quick test

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Her blank of the birthday party grew with every passing hour before the celebration.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.