Webster's English Dictionary

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anticipation

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  1. prospect              
 
an.tic.i.pa.tion \(.)an-.tis-*-'pa--sh*n\ n 1: the use of money before it 
   is available; esp : the taking or ali enation of the income of a trust 
   estate before it is due 2a: a prior action that takes into account or 
   forestalls a later  2b: the act of looking forward : EXPECTATION; specif : 
   plea surable expectation 3a: visualization of a future event or state  3b: 
   an object or form that anticipates a later type  4: the premature entry of 
   one or more tones of a succeeding chord to form a  temporary dissonance