Definition of Anticipations

1. Noun. (plural of anticipation) ¹

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Definition of Anticipations

1. anticipation [n] - See also: anticipation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticipations

anticigarette
anticipable
anticipant
anticipants
anticipatable
anticipate
anticipated
anticipatedly
anticipately
anticipates
anticipatest
anticipateth
anticipating
anticipatingly
anticipation
anticipations (current term)
anticipative
anticipatively
anticipator
anticipatorily
anticipators
anticipatory
anticipatory breach
anticipatory control
anticipointment
anticircular
anticircumcision
anticircumvention
anticircus
anticity

Literary usage of Anticipations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph Le Conte (1891)
"anticipations of the Next Age.—There are some plants and animals still higher than those mentioned above, but they are so rare that it is best to treat them ..."

2. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"anticipations Disappointed—New Plans—Preparations to Join an Exploring ... THE) anticipations of a young man are prone to meet with disappointment. ..."

3. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1827)
"AT the close of the fourth volume of his Travels, Dr. Dwight indulged himself in pleasing anticipations of the future prosperity and peace of the United ..."

4. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"AFTER so long a journey, it may well be asked what has become, about the year 1830, of the ' anticipations ' traced in the opening chapter. ..."

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