0 a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future:
As with most pleasures, it's not so much the experience itself as the anticipation that is enjoyable.
The postponement of the film's sequel has held cinemagoers in eager anticipation for several months.
She's even decorated the spare room in anticipation of your visit.
1 Anticipation is also a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future:
The audience waited in great anticipation, but nothing happened.
The city was filled with anticipation in the weeks before the festival.
We stood on the platform in anticipation, only to be told that the train was cancelled.
The children jumped up and down in anticipation as the presents were produced.
After months of anticipation, the holiday was a bit of a disappointment actually.
The effects of age, gender, region of residence, health, education, income and control beliefs on the number of gain anticipations were analysed by linear regression.
The two most used types were anticipations and deictics.
A key issue is that the parameterization must exhibit a degree of time-dependence in order to capture anticipations of future events.
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