ANTICIPATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does anticipation mean?
• ANTICIPATION (noun)
The noun ANTICIPATION has 4 senses:
1. pleasurable expectation
2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
3. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
4. wishing with confidence of fulfillment
Familiarity information: ANTICIPATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ANTICIPATION (noun)
Meaning:
Pleasurable expectation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
anticipation; expectancy
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
expectation (the feeling that something is about to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticipation"):
suspense (excited anticipation of an approaching climax)
fever (intense nervous anticipation)
hope (a specific instance of feeling hopeful)
Meaning:
Something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
anticipation; expectancy
Context examples:
each of them had their own anticipations / an indicator of expectancy in development
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
expectation; outlook; prospect (belief about (or mental picture of) the future)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticipation"):
life expectancy (an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities)
Meaning:
The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
prediction; anticipation; prevision
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticipation"):
projection (a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations)
prognostication; prophecy; vaticination (knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source))
adumbration; foreshadowing; prefiguration (the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand)
Meaning:
Wishing with confidence of fulfillment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
expectation; anticipation
Hypernyms ("anticipation" is a kind of...):
hopefulness (full of hope)
