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anticipation
noun
1 anticipation
An expectation.
synonym: expectancy.
Roget 673:
preparation;
providing
etc.
v.;
provision,
providence;
anticipation
etc.
(foresight)
510;
precaution,
preconcertation†,
predisposition;
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626;
rehearsal,
note of preparation.
[Putting in order]
arrangement
etc.
60;
clearance;
adjustment
etc.
23;
tuning;
equipment,
outfit,
accouterment,
armament,
array.
ripening
etc.
v.;
maturation,
evolution;
elaboration,
concoction,
digestion;
gestation,
batching,
incubation,
sitting.
groundwork,
first stone,
cradle,
stepping-stone;
foundation,
scaffold
etc.
(support)
215;
scaffolding,
echafaudage [Fr.].
[Preparation of men]
training
etc.
(education)
537;
inurement
etc.
(habit)
613;
novitiate;
cooking
[Preparation of food],
cookery;
brewing,
culinary art;
tilling,
plowing,
[Preparation of the soil],
sowing;
semination†,
cultivation.
[State of being prepared]
preparedness,
readiness,
ripeness,
mellowness;
maturity;
un impromptu fait a loisir [Fr.].
[Preparer]
preparer,
trainer;
pioneer,
trailblazer;
avant-courrier [Fr.],
avant-coureur [Fr.];
voortrekker [Afrik.];
sappers and miners,
pavior†,
navvy†;
packer,
stevedore;
warming pan.
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Roget 858:
hope,
hopes;
desire
etc.
865;
fervent hope,
sanguine expectation,
trust,
confidence,
reliance;
faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
affiance,
assurance;
secureness,
security;
reassurance.
good omen,
good auspices;
promise,
well grounded hopes;
good prospect,
bright prospect;
clear sky.
assumption,
presumption;
anticipation
etc.
(expectation)
507.
hopefulness,
buoyancy,
optimism,
enthusiasm,
heart of grace,
aspiration.
[person who is hopeful]
optimist,
utopian,
utopist†.
castles in the air,
castles in Spain,
chateaux en Espagne [Fr.],
le pot aut lait [Fr.],
Utopia,
millennium;
day dream,
golden dream;
dream of Alnaschar†;
airy hopes,
fool's paradise;
mirage
etc.
(fallacies of vision)
443;
fond hope.
beam of hope,
ray of hope,
gleam of hope,
glimmer of hope,
flash of hope,
dawn of hope,
star of hope;
cheer;
bit of blue sky,
silver lining,
silver lining of the cloud,
bottom of Pandora's box,
balm in Gilead;
light at the end of the tunnel.
anchor,
sheet anchor,
mainstay;
staff
etc.
(support)
215;
heaven
etc.
981.
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Roget 132:
earliness
etc.
adj.;
morning
etc.
125.
punctuality;
promptitude
etc.
(activity)
682;
haste
etc.
(velocity)
274;
suddenness
etc.
(instantaneity)
113.
prematurity,
precocity,
precipitation,
anticipation;
a stitch in time.
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Roget 115:
anachronism,
metachronism,
parachronism,
prochronism;
prolepsis,
misdate;
anticipation,
antichronism.
disregard of time,
neglect of time,
oblivion of time.
intempestivity
etc.
135†.
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Roget 507:
expectation,
expectance,
expectancy;
anticipation,
reckoning,
calculation;
foresight
etc.
510.
contemplation,
prospection†,
lookout;
prospect,
perspective,
horizon,
vista;
destiny
etc.
152.
suspense,
waiting,
abeyance;
curiosity
etc.
455;
anxious expectation,
ardent expectation,
eager expectation,
breathless expectation,
sanguine expectation;
torment of Tantalus.
hope
etc.
858;
trust
etc.
(belief)
484;
auspices
etc.
(prediction)
511;
assurance,
confidence,
presumption,
reliance.
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Dutch: voorpret
2 anticipation
Something expected (as on the basis of a norm):
— Each of them had their own anticipations.
synonym: expectancy.
Dutch: vooruitzicht, verwachting
3 anticipation
The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future).
synonyms: prediction, prevision.
Roget 510:
foresight,
prospicience†,
prevision,
long-sightedness;
anticipation;
providence
etc.
(preparation)
673.
forethought,
forecast;
predeliberation†,
presurmise†;
foregone conclusion
etc.
(prejudgment)
481;
prudence
etc.
(caution)
864.
foreknowledge;
prognosis;
precognition,
prescience,
prenotion†,
presentiment;
second sight;
sagacity
etc.
(intelligence)
498;
antepast†,
prelibation†,
prophasis†.
prospect
etc.
(expectation)
507;
foretaste;
prospectus
etc.
(plan)
626.
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Polish: przewidywanie
4 anticipation
Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment.
synonym: expectation.
Polish: antycypacja
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