Anticipation

Definition of Anticipation

An`tic`i`pa´tion Pronunciation: ăn`tĭs`ĭ`pā´shŭn

n.	1.	The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. - Shak.
	2.	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.
	3.	Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. - Locke.
	4.	(Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

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