anticipation: Meaning and Definition of
an•tic•i•pa•tion
Pronunciation: (an-tis"u-pā'shun), [key] — n.
- the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
- realization in advance; foretaste.
- expectation or hope.
- previous notion; slight previous impression.
- intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.
- a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.
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