Définitions
1.AdjectiveCharacterized by anticipation."The children were all wearing anticipatory grins as the cake was served."
2.Adjective↑ “anticipatory, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
3.Adjective↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Anticipatory”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 337, column 3.
4.Adjective↑ Szigetvári, Peter; Lindsey, Geoff (2013–2022), “anticipatory”, in Current British English: searchable transcriptions (CUBE), retrieved 25 July 2025
5.Adjective↑ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “æn'tisipeitər|i, -ili”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2), Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 20.