anticipation
anticipation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- antepast
- expectation
- foresight
- foretaste
- forethought
- preclusion
- preconception
- pregustation
- prelibation
- preoccupation
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affiance
- air
- airy
- anchor
- antepast
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- balm
- beam
- belief
- bit
- blue
- bottom
- box
- bright
- buoyancy
- caution
- cheer
- clear
- cloud
- conclusion
- confidence
- dawn
- day
- desire
- dream
- end
- enthusiasm
- expectation
- faith
- fervent
- flash
- fond
- forecast
- foreknowledge
- foresight
- foretaste
- forethought
- gleam
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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