Synonym: expectancy, expectation, prediction, prevision. Similar words: participation, anticipate, emancipation, participate, participant, dissipation, constipation, antipathy. Meaning: [æn‚tɪsɪ'peɪʃn] 
n. 1. pleasurable expectation 2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm) 3. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) 4. wishing with confidence of fulfillment.
n. 1. pleasurable expectation 2. something expected (as on the basis of a norm) 3. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) 4. wishing with confidence of fulfillment. 
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91. The capitalist world drummed its fingers in anticipation of the revolution's demise.
92. The person who recruited Nowak, or who had been recruited by him, would be trembling with anticipation.
93. People will be more inclined to hold speculative balances of money in anticipation of a rise in interest rates.
94. Then came the great awakening and the anticipation of federal intervention to come.
95. My heart was beating fast, partly with anxiety, more with excitement and anticipation.
96. There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it. Alfred Hitchcock 
97. Poppies perhaps at the ready, fields of crosses under contract in anticipation of battle with the booze boche from the west.
98. Nothing looked familiar, and yet he'd gone around the block again and again in anticipation of something like this.
99. He calmed down but continued to shiver with anticipation as I slipped on my shoes.
100. There is a growing, often unstated, anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services.
101. In a striking anticipation of some modern theories, he claimed that humans have intelligence because they have hands.
102. Almost immediately, the fretting, niggling worries and the sense of fearful anticipation began to return.
103. You could feel the excitement, hear the buzz of anticipation.
104. As the person gets nearer and nearer to the supermarket so their level of anxiety may be gradually rising in anticipation of difficulty.
105. The atmosphere was electric with anticipation and unbreathable with cigar smoke.
106. She wakes up shaking in anticipation of being eaten alive.
107. If a pattern of anticipation is to be disrupted, it must first be established.
108. We suffer more in anticipation than in actuality, and this came true for me.
109. Excitement rose in them,(http://sentencedict.com/anticipation.html) hardening muscles and quivering their sleek flanks in anticipation of the hunt.
110. Much laughter, jollity, and anticipation of a successful 12 months ahead with a government on the run.
111. She coasted through it as if dreaming buoyed by a strange mixture of anticipation and dread.
112. Seldom will you encounter a character who will make your fingers tingle so much in anticipation of closing them around his neck.
113. The environmental policy has progressed from its initial remedial approach to one of prevention and anticipation.
114. She was aware of her body, realising that it was taut as a lute string with anticipation.
115. The rich, mouthwatering aroma of freshly cooked food made her stomach gurgle in anticipation.
116. Michael watched Joe's eyes and a thrill of anticipation went through him.
117. I and my friend Lenny met up with excited anticipation.
118. There was a sensual anticipation about, an assurance of marvels shortly to be, manifest.
119. I lived it twice now, once in anticipation, once in actuality.
120. Knowing the subject talked about knowing the context using language sense, anticipation and aural memory are strong foundations for speechreading skills.
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