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anticipation
 [an-tis-uh-pey-shuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expectation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, awaiting, contemplation, expectancy, foresight, foretaste, high hopes, hope, impatience, joy, looking forward, outlook, preconception, premonition, preoccupation, prescience, presentiment, promise, prospect, trust |
| Antonyms: | amazement, astonishment, doubt, fear, sensation, surprise, wonder |
| Main Entry: | expectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, anticipation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, looking forward, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view |
| Main Entry: | intend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in mind; determine |
| Synonyms: | add up, aim, appoint, aspire to, attempt, be determined, be resolved, connote, contemplate, decree, dedicate, denote, design, designate, destine, devote, endeavor, essay, expect, express, figure on, have in mind, hope to, import, indicate, look forward, mean, meditate, ordain, plan, plot, propose, purpose, reserve, resolve, scheme, set apart, set aside, signify, spell, strive, think, try |
| Main Entry: | hoping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing |
| Synonyms: | anticipating, assuming, expecting, looking forward, trusting, wishing |
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| Main Entry: | expectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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abeyant, absolute, agape, allowable, allowed, astonished at nothing, authorized, becoming, befitting, chartered, claiming, common, condign, constitutional, correct, creditable, curious, decorous, deserved, deserving, due, due to, enfranchised, entitled to, equitable, expectant, expected, expecting, fit, fitting, foreseen, gaping, having a right to, impending, imprescriptible, inalienable, indefeasible, inviolable, just, just the thing, lawful, legal, legalized, legitimate, licit, lochetic, meet, merited, meriting, ordained, ordinary, peremptory, prescribed, prescriptive, presumptive, privileged, proleptic, proper, prospective, quite the thing, ready, richly deserved, right, right as a trivet, sanctioned, seemly, spectabundal, speratory, square, unalienable, unamazed, unchallenged, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, up to the mark, warranted, worthy of
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| Concept: | Expectation. |
| Category: | 2. To the Future |
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-nouns
expectation, expectance, expectancy; anticipation, reckoning, calculation; foresight., contemplation, prospection, lookout; prospect, perspective, horizon, vista; destiny., suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity; anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of Tantalus., hope; trust (belief); auspices (prediction); assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance.
-verbs
expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder at, not wonder if., wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch., foresee; prepare for; forestall (be early); count upon (believe in); think likely (probability)., lead one to expect (predict); have in store for (destiny)., prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.
-adjectives
expectant; expecting; in expectation; on the watch (vigilant); open-eyed, open-mouthed; agape, gaping, all agog; on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation; aux aguets; ready; curious; looking forward to., expected; long expected, foreseen; in prosepct; prospective; in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon; impending (destiny).
-adverbs
on the watch; with breathless expectation; with bated breath; arrectis auribus.
-phrases
we shall see; nous verrons; "expectation whirls me round" [Troilus and Cressida].
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| Antonyms: | inexpectation |
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