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anticipation [n]
 
1)pleasurable expectation
    Synonyms :expectancy 
    See Also: expectation  suspense  fever  hope 
 
2)something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
    Synonyms :expectancy 
    See Also: expectation  await  life_expectancy 
 
3)the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
    Synonyms :prediction prevision 
    See Also: abstract_thought  anticipate  projection  prognostication  adumbration 
 
4)some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one; "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory"; "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: entity 
 
5)wishing with confidence of fulfillment
    Synonyms :expectation 
    See Also: hopefulness  await  expect 
 



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