/an tis'euh pay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
2. realization in advance; foretaste.
3. expectation or hope.
4. previous notion; slight previous impression.
5. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.
6. Law. a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.
7. Music. a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.
[ 1540-50; ( anticipation- (s. of anticipatio ), equiv. to anticipat ( us ) (ptp.; see ANTICIPATE) + -ion- -ION ]