ANTICIPATION


Meaning of ANTICIPATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æntɪsɪpeɪʃ(ə)n ]

1.

Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.

There’s been an atmosphere of anticipation around here for a few days now...

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2.

If something is done in anticipation of an event, it is done because people believe that event is going to happen.

Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike.

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