Anticipation

noun

/æn.tɪs.əˈpe.ʃən/

Word Frequency: 5.3

Definitions

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

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

2.nounThe eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

"He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive."

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

4.nounProlepsis.

5.nounA 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.

6.nounHasty notion; intuitive preconception.

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