anticipatory
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5.9
- adjective
- /ænˈtɪsɪpəˌtɔri/
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anticipatorio
- Pat stared across the table, an anticipatory smile playing around her lips.
- anticipatory grief
- anticipatory socialization
- anticipatory fear
In other words, we are always in a anticipatory mode of movement.
- In other words, we are always in a anticipatory mode of movement.
- It's what we call anticipatory anxiety.
- That you spend every day consumed with what I call anticipatory anxiety?
- So to your point, OK, some people, these problems can happen because of anticipatory response.
- Mind reading can also be anticipatory.
Examples
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That you spend every day consumed with what I call anticipatory anxiety?
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So to your point, OK, some people, these problems can happen because of anticipatory response.
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Nor is the general anticipatory fear only a fear of someone breaking my arm.
Academic text (1998) -
It's what we call anticipatory anxiety.
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MAN: In fact, there is such a thing uh, as an anticipatory breach of contract.
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Also, I was diagnosed with anticipatory anxiety.
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There was also a high degree of anticipatory anxiety expressed at the time regarding the presentations.
Academic text (2003) -
A great fan of the cinema during his relaxed digestive phases, he began unwrapping with anticipatory pleasure.
Fiction book (2001) -
Everything in me vibrates with an intensity that is simultaneously delirium, anticipatory joy, and anguish.
Fiction book (2000) -
The shadows in the empty lot lengthened, and his breathing took on a deep, anticipatory rhythm.
Synonyms
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7.0
Acting before a problem to stop it from happening
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4.1
Waiting in a hopeful, excited way for something to happen
Feeling eager and waiting for something that will happen soon
Feeling eager while waiting for something
Feeling that something will happen before it does
Acting before a problem or event happens to avoid it
Acting early to stop something bad from happening
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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9.9
A person or company saying before the agreed time that they will not do what the contract says
How Anticipatory
Surface Forms
Morphology
anticipatory = anticipate (transparent) = anticipate + ory
The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'anticipate' with the adjectival suffix '-ory', so the meaning 'showing anticipation' is predictable from the base.
Etymology
Anticipatory comes from the Latin parts ante- meaning 'before' and capere meaning 'to take', the same root you see in capture. So something anticipatory is like 'taking action before' an event, showing you expect it to happen.