anticipation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an expectation
  2. noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
  3. noun the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

Etymology

From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō, anticipātiōnem.

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Synonyms

expectancy

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