anticipation

[US]/ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/
[UK]/ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. expectation; looking forward to; presentiment; leading note.

Phrases & Collocations

excited anticipation

anticipation is high

sense of anticipation

feeling anticipation

waiting in anticipation

hopeful anticipation

in anticipation

in anticipation of

Example Sentences

a feeling of pleasurable anticipation

The children were aquiver with anticipation before the circus parade.

anticipation began to fizz through his veins.

The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.

her eyes sparkled with anticipation .

We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.

People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.

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