English-French translations for anticipation

• anticipation
  Il s'est ainsi rendu complice par anticipation. This was complicity by anticipation.
  Et puis il y a l'anticipation à long terme. Then we have the matter of long-term anticipation.
• attente
  (La séance, suspendue à 12 heures, dans l'attente de la séance solennelle, est reprise à 12h05) (The sitting was suspended at 12 noon in anticipation of the formal sitting and resumed at 12.05p.m.)
  Nous avons défendu et encouragé l'adoption d'une réforme dans l'attente d'un statut pour les députés du Parlement européen. We worked for and promoted a reform in anticipation of a statute for Members of the European Parliament.
  Le rapport est donc renvoyé en commission compétente dans l'attente des propositions de la Commission. The report shall therefore be forwarded on to the committee concerned, in anticipation of proposals by the Commission.

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