What does "anticipation" mean?
Anticipation: Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.
Additional senses
- 2.Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke.
- 3.(Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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