anticipationan‧tic‧i‧pa‧tion /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun [uncountable] 
She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive. Taylor was excited and full of anticipation at the prospect of the trip.2do something in anticipation of something to do something because you expect something to happen: The workers have called off their strike in anticipation of a pay offer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The crowd's mood was one of anticipation.
- By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.
- In anticipation and retrospect, holidays come into their own.
- The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.
- We looked out the windows goggle-eyed in anticipation of fiery death.
- Were those somehow frightening sensations of pleasure followed by an instinctive guilt and terrible anticipation?
Longman Language Activatorto do something because you expect something to happen
especially spoken to expect something to happen, so that you make plans or take actions that depend on it happening: · We had expected it to take about an hour to get home, but we hadn't reckoned on the traffic.reckon/figure on doing something: · Visitors to the city should figure on spending about $150 a day for food and lodging.reckon/figure on somebody doing something: · We can reckon on about 100 people coming to the meeting.
to expect something so much that your plans depend on it happening or you are completely prepared for it when it happens: · We're counting on good weather for the picnic - if it rains, we'll have to cancel.count on doing something: · The automaker is planning on earning large profits with this new model.count on somebody doing something: · Don't count on Congress passing the bill anytime soon.
especially written if you make plans or take actions in expectation or anticipation of something happening, you do this because you expect it to happen and you want to be prepared: · The workers have called off their strike in expectation of a pay settlement.· Residents are buying supplies and stacking wood in anticipation of the coming storms.
use this to tell someone not to be too sure that what they are hoping for will happen: · If you want to go on a date sometime, you can ask me. But don't count your chickens.· Getting an Oscar would be wonderful, but I think it's too early to count my chickens.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.
I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.· As the plane took off, she felt a thrill of excitement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· With eager anticipation, though her clear golden-brown eyes held a hint of sadness, Luce Weston descended the steps.· For, as his master opened the kitchen door, there, in eager anticipation, stood Azor.· As in the latter case, the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come!
VERB· He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house.· Again he ran his left hand through his hair, but this time he felt a tingle of anticipation.· By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.· There was feeling of anticipation within her.· Meg felt a bubble of anticipation somewhere beneath her diaphragm.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Excitement rose in them, hardening muscles and quivering their sleek flanks in anticipation of the hunt.
- For weeks, Schwarzenegger has been meeting with other agencies, including William Morris, in anticipation of changing representation.
- Nothing looked familiar, and yet he'd gone around the block again and again in anticipation of something like this.
- Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi said that police were securing the area in anticipation of eventual talks between the government and the rebels.
- She waited outside in the street, shaking in anticipation of the telephone call.
- The Chalice Quilt was made by slaves on a Texas plantation in 1860 in anticipation of a visit from an itinerant bishop.
- The house gives the impression of having been abandoned suddenly, in anticipation of some great disaster.
- The management at South Forks raised the rent in anticipation of downtown businesses relocating.
- I jerked back, tingling with fear, feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.
- I remember walking into the board room tingling with fear and energy.
- My face was tingling with fear and I felt in imminent need of a toilet-roll.
- We were tingling with anticipation and at one with our surroundings.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveanticipatoryanticipated ≠ unanticipatednounanticipationverbanticipate
1when you are expecting something to happen: She waited in eager anticipation for Robert to arrive. Taylor was excited and full of anticipation at the prospect of the trip.2do something in anticipation of something to do something because you expect something to happen: The workers have called off their strike in anticipation of a pay offer.