English-Finnish translations for anticipation

• varautuminen

Definition of anticipation

• 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
• Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest
• 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

Examples

• Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick
• He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive

Related words

• anticipating
• anticipative
• anticipatingly
• anticipation#Inglese|anticipation
• in anticipation