anticipation

«anticipation» in Mova's school dictionary: the excited feeling of waiting for something you expect… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (anticipation; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Anticipation is the excited feeling of waiting for something you expect to happen, especially something nice. tree →

2) Anticipation is also expecting something and getting ready for it: «in anticipation of rain». tree →

3) (formal) Guessing in advance what will happen, as a good goalkeeper does. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it builds excitement before birthdays, holidays or big events; in sport it praises a player who sees what will happen next. Phrases: «in anticipation of», «full of anticipation», «with great anticipation».

examples

• The children waited for Christmas morning with great anticipation. tree →
• We packed umbrellas in anticipation of rain. tree →
• The crowd was full of anticipation before the match. tree →
• The goalkeeper's anticipation stopped the penalty. tree →
• In anticipation of the test, we revised every evening. tree →
• The anticipation was almost better than the trip itself. tree →

note

Uncountable. Verb: «anticipate» (to expect, to get ready for). Not always happy: you can wait with anticipation or with dread. «In anticipation of» means «because we expect».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anticipation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.