NOUN | feeling | anticipation, expectancy | an expectation |
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cognition | anticipation, expectancy | something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | |
cognition | anticipation, prediction, prevision | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | |
state | anticipation, expectation | anticipating with confidence of fulfillment |
Sounds | aentihsahpey'shahn; aentih.sahpey'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | An expectation. | |
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Synonym | expectancy | |
Narrower | fever | Intense nervous anticipation |
hope | A specific instance of feeling hopeful | |
suspense | excited anticipation of an approaching climax | |
Broader | expectation | The feeling that something is about to happen / happen / happen |
Spanish | expectación, expectativa |
Meaning | Something expected (as on the basis of a norm). | |
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Example | "each of them had their own anticipations" | |
Synonym | expectancy | |
Narrower | life expectancy | An expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities |
Broader | expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
Spanish | expectación | |
Catalan | expectació |
Meaning | The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future). | |
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Synonyms | prediction, prevision | |
Narrower | prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration | The act of providing vague advance indications |
projection | A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations | |
prophecy, prognostication, vaticination | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | |
Broader | reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought | Thinking that is coherent and logical |
Spanish | anticipación, predicción, previsión |
Meaning | Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment. | |
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Synonym | expectation | |
Broader | hopefulness | Full of hope / hope |
Spanish | anticipación, expectación | |
Catalan | expectativa |
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