The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
Prolepsis.
A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.