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Synonyms for anticipation
ænˌtɪs əˈpeɪ ʃənan·tic·i·pa·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.4 / 5 votes

  1. anticipation

    Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

    Synonyms:
    antepast, apprehension, expectancy, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foresight, foretaste, forethought, hope, presentiment, prevision

    Antonyms:
    astonishment, consummation, despair, doubt, doubt, dread, enjoyment, fear, realization, surprise, wonder

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 4 votes

  1. anticipation, expectancynoun

    an expectation

    Synonyms:
    prediction, expectation, expectancy, prevision

  2. anticipation, expectancynoun

    something expected (as on the basis of a norm)

    "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"

    Synonyms:
    prediction, expectation, expectancy, prevision

  3. prediction, anticipation, previsionnoun

    the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

    Synonyms:
    expectancy, prescience, expectation, prediction, farsightedness, foretelling, prognostication, foresight, prevision, prospicience, forecasting

  4. anticipation, expectationnoun

    anticipating with confidence of fulfillment

    Synonyms:
    expected value, expectation, expectancy, outlook, arithmetic mean, prediction, prospect, prevision, first moment

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. anticipationnoun

    Synonyms:
    expectation, expectance, contemplation, prospect, hope, trust, ABEYANCE

  2. anticipationnoun

    Synonyms:
    foretaste, prelibation, antepast, presentiment, forestalling, foreseeing, foresight, prescience, prevision, forethought, forecast, preconception

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. anticipationnoun

    Synonyms:
    expectation, preclusion, preoccupation, foretaste, antepast, forethought

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. anticipation

    Synonyms:
    Anticipation, dynamic mutation, Sherman paradox

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How to use anticipation in a sentence?

  1. New York:

    We can take all the precautions in advance, and we did deploy our assets to be on the ground in anticipation, but mother nature will do whatever she wants, and she is really angry tonight, we have to be prepared to cleanup tomorrow. I'll be on site in the morning to make sure this is going well, but right now we're in a very dire situation.

  2. Taylor:

    Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

  3. Nicholas Young:

    Simultaneously, we are in a position of anticipation, and that anticipation is waiting on the institution to do more.

  4. Mimi Son and Elliot Woods:

    The work is supposed to collaborate with that anticipation of sunshine ... (It) brings together different natural elements to create this drawing that will hang inside the air, using light from the sun and a set of robotic mirrors, we're able to create beams of light in the air and we catch those in a mist of water ... and each one of those beams becomes a line in that mist and together they'll form a single circle.

  5. Sara Carter:

    They were saying that in anticipation of Secretary Mayorkas’ visit that they were directed unwritten directives to basically clean everything up, make it look good, put people on busses, ship them out.


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