ANTICIPATION


Meaning of ANTICIPATION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a thrill of excitement/anticipation/pleasure

As the plane took off, she felt a thrill of excitement.

quiver of fear/anxiety/anticipation etc

I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

eager

With eager anticipation , though her clear golden-brown eyes held a hint of sadness, Luce Weston descended the steps.

For, as his master opened the kitchen door, there, in eager anticipation , stood Azor.

As in the latter case, the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come!

■ VERB

feel

He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house.

Again he ran his left hand through his hair, but this time he felt a tingle of anticipation .

By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.

There was feeling of anticipation within her.

Meg felt a bubble of anticipation somewhere beneath her diaphragm.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

tingle with excitement/fear/anticipation etc

I jerked back, tingling with fear, feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.

I remember walking into the board room tingling with fear and energy.

My face was tingling with fear and I felt in imminent need of a toilet-roll.

We were tingling with anticipation and at one with our surroundings.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The crowd's mood was one of anticipation .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.

In anticipation and retrospect, holidays come into their own.

The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.

We looked out the windows goggle-eyed in anticipation of fiery death.

Were those somehow frightening sensations of pleasure followed by an instinctive guilt and terrible anticipation ?

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