Other forms: anticipations
Anticipation is looking forward to something that is coming. The waiting, and the pleasure in it.
It is usually a happy word, so eager anticipation and a mood of anticipation both suggest something good ahead, though you can anticipate trouble too. It takes of. The phrase in anticipation of means in preparation for, and it is common in formal writing. The verb anticipate has drifted to mean simply expect, which purists resist, since strictly anticipating something means acting in advance of it.
1nounanticipationThe feeling of looking forward to something.
“There was a real sense of anticipation before the doors opened.”
2nounpreparationPreparation made in advance of something.
“They stocked up in anticipation of the storm.”
Latin
anticipātiō
Middle French
anticipation
Middle English
anticipacioun
English, today
anticipation
From Middle English anticipacioun, from Middle French anticipation and its etymon Latin anticipātiō. by surface analysis, anticipate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA