anticipation

IPA: æntɪsʌpˈeɪʃʌn

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
(finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
(rhetoric) Prolepsis.
(music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
(obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Examples of "anticipation" in Sentences

Addicted to the feeling of positive anticipation.
A whole section about the anticipation of the book.
This is the principle of the anticipations of perception.
The lifting of the veil is a symbol and an anticipation of this.
A muscle is altered in anticipation of the onset of the vocalizing.
A refund anticipation loan is a short term consumer loan secured by a taxpayer's expected tax refund.