anticipation
145
3.4
- noun
- /ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/
:
expectación
- Star Woman had worked on the dress for many months, in anticipation of her daughter's marriage.
- anticipation of an event
- anticipation of the future
- anticipation of future interaction
Dopamine is released in anticipation of what we want.
- Dopamine is released in anticipation of what we want.
- When you want to create more tension and anticipation, slow down.
- And then you've got so much anticipation for a knockout.
- So energetic means you're aroused by anticipation and yearning.
- I am like waiting with breathless anticipation for my order to come in.
- What, what was the anticipation like for you?
- So a lot of just kind of anticipation for, OK, what's what needs to happen next?
- So fear, for example, is an anticipation of bad things that can happen to you, right?
- And then he talks about it also being an age of anticipation.
- I think like all this, all the anticipation leading up to it is like making it worse.
Examples
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Dopamine is released in anticipation of what we want.
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The air was filled with anticipation as everyone waited for the concert to begin.
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It's what gets released in anticipation of a purchase.
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Just building anticipation for the next episode.
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After so much anticipation, I finally got the software installed.
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And I was reflecting on this over the last few days in anticipation of this panel.
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The air is heavy with anticipation as the silent crowd awaits the decision.
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Rome awaits your arrival with great anticipation.
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Nearly 100,000 spectators hold their breath in anticipation.
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She felt a sense of anticipation before opening the letter that could change her life.
Synonyms
633
2.8
A belief that something will happen in the future
425
3.3
A chance that something will happen in the future
82
3.7
A feeling of excited worry about what will happen next
64
5.1
A feeling of waiting and hoping for something to happen
Hope mixed with careful doubt about what will happen
To imagine and plan for the future
A quiet, excited feeling in a place where people wait for something
Antonyms
How Expectant
434
1.0
23
2.5
145
3.4
633
2.8
∞
1.0
71
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
anticipation = anticipate (transparent) = anticipate + ion
Standard nominalization of the verb 'anticipate' with '-ion' yields the expected noun meaning 'the act or feeling of anticipating', which a learner who knows the verb can derive.
Etymology
Anticipation comes from the Latin parts ante ('before') and capere ('to take'), and the same 'cap' idea appears in the word capture ('to take'). A helpful image is 'taking' a feeling or picture in your mind before something happens. That's why anticipation is the feeling of expecting or looking forward to something.