Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, manifesting, or expressing anticipation; anticipative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
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- adjective Characterized by
anticipation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in anticipation
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Examples
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Perkins asked, crossing his legs at the knee, his expression anticipatory, respectful, his pen poised over his clipboard.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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Perkins asked, crossing his legs at the knee, his expression anticipatory, respectful, his pen poised over his clipboard.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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Perkins asked, crossing his legs at the knee, his expression anticipatory, respectful, his pen poised over his clipboard.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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Perkins asked, crossing his legs at the knee, his expression anticipatory, respectful, his pen poised over his clipboard.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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They asked us to put on a two-day seminar in Capitol Hill in '75, excuse me, on what we called anticipatory democracy.
Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave 1995
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It is the hope of the Nonesuch Press that this announcement will cause the blood of many true collectors to tingle in anticipatory possession …
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It is the hope of the Nonesuch Press that this announcement will cause the blood of many true collectors to tingle in anticipatory possession …
Monster Parties and why there are only 877 of the Nonesuch Dickens 2009
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I really must stop living one whole extra life in anticipatory fantasy, on top of my actual life which is altogether more ordinary.
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These seemingly conflicting feelings of hope, fear, detachment, and love are normal and are known as anticipatory grief.
Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993
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These seemingly conflicting feelings of hope, fear, detachment, and love are normal and are known as anticipatory grief.
Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993
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