the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.

realization in advance; foretaste.

expectation or hope.

previous notion; slight previous impression.

intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.

Law . a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.

Music . a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.

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amazement , astonishment , doubt , fear , sensation , surprise , wonder , unreadiness

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apprehension , awaiting , contemplation , expectancy , foresight , foretaste , high hopes , hope , impatience , joy , looking forward , outlook , preconception , premonition , preoccupation , prescience , presentiment , promise , prospect , trust , awareness , foreboding , forecast , foreseeing , forethought , inkling , intuition , prevision , prior knowledge , realization , expectance , expectation , antepast , assumption , augury , belief , design , envisionment , future , guess , postulation , preclusion , presumption , prolepsis , readiness , reasoning , speculation , supposition , suspicion , wish