单词 | anticipation |
释义 | anticipationn. 1. The action of taking into possession, actually or virtually, beforehand; the using of money before it is at one's disposal; the sum so dealt with in advance. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > in advance anticipation1548 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > in advance of having money anticipation1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxiiv, This payment was called an Anticipation, which is to say a thing taken, or a thing commyng before his tyme. 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 317 To speake to the lords of the treasury to give an account of all tallies of anticipation that are struck. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 115 Had drawn assignments and anticipations upon the Revenue. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 48 This deficiency arises..from anticipation, and from defective produce. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 118 Although she [a married woman] is restrained from anticipation by the settlement. 2. Prior action that meets beforehand, provides for, or precludes the action of another. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > anticipation preventing1530 preoccupation1552 anticipation1553 antedate1573 prolepsis1578 forestalment1611 forestalling1641 precourse1678 pre-echo1781 pre-empting1857 previousness1881 proaction1953 proactivity1965 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 100 Anticipacion is when we prevent those wordes that another would saie, and disprove them as untrue. 1604 Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 295 So shall my anticipation preuent your discouery. View more context for this quotation 1815 J. Mackintosh Speech 27 Apr. in Wks. (1846) III. 342 Those whose flagitious policy they had by anticipation condemned. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xv. 230 In anticipation of a riot the temples on the Forum were occupied with guards. 3. Assignment to too early a time; hence, observance in advance of the proper time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > assignment to a time or dating > assignment to a wrong time or date prolepsis1578 antichronism1612 anachronicism1614 anachronism1617 metachronism1617 parachronisma1641 prochronisma1646 achronism1674 parepochism1685 anachronizing1768 anticipation1774 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > (untimely) earliness > coming earlier than the appointed time anticipationc1854 pre-punctuality1869 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 106 Guilty of an unpardonable anticipation, in ascribing those conquests to the first king of the country. c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) xiv. 464 Easter Eve, which by a strange anticipation..eclipses Easter Sunday. 4. a. Occurrence in advance of the expected time; ellipt. the amount of such earlier occurrence. Obs. in general sense. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > (untimely) earliness > occurrence earlier than expected anticipation1556 prevention1571 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 277 The anticipation of the Equinoctiall tearmes. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. H j, Ye anticipation being substractit. 1694 W. Holder Disc. Time vii. 94 The Golden Number, so fixed, gives us the New-moon's, and Full,..more than four days too late; by reason of the aforesaid Anticipation. b. Med. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > stage of disease > anticipation of stage anticipation1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anticipation, in a medicinal sense, may be understood of those diseases, which, having their accesses and remissions at stated hours, gain in point of time, and finish their period sooner than ordinary. 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Anticipation, The occurrence of certain phenomena, morbid or natural, before the customary period. c. Music. The introduction beforehand of part of a chord which is about to follow. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > suspension, anticipation, etc. resolution1721 preparation1728 postposition1730 retardation1730 suspense1737 suspension1786 anticipation1819 triple suspension1876 percussion1880 1819 Pantologia (new ed.) Anticipation, in music, is when a diminutive note lies between two other notes, and was invented with a view to vary the melody without altering the intention. 1880 Pole in Grove Dict. Music I. 73/2 Beethoven has many striking examples of anticipation. 5. Intuitive preconception; à priori knowledge, intuition; precognition, presentiment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] ossingc1450 anticipation1549 presagement1586 post-monition1938 1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Aii, Ye Ethenickes, who wrought onely by naturall mocion and anticipations. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 576 By these anticipations they vnderstande those principles of knowledge and naturall informations, which..wee haue not learned of any Masters. 1860 Abp. W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) §115. 229 Anticipation..is the power of penetrating into the secrets of nature before the evidence is unfolded. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] forejudging1571 preoccupation1572 prejudicateness1603 prejudicacy1608 forestalment1611 prepossession1638 anticipation1640 prejudice1643 biasedness1667 prevention1671 engagement1689 prejudgement1799 strabismus1844 parti pris1860 1640 R. Sanderson 21 Serm. Ad Aul. xi. (1673) 160 Education and Custom commonly layeth such strong anticipations upon the judgment. a1704 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding (1754) §25 (R.) Men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their mind. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks (1737) III. iv. ii. 214 We cannot resist our natural Anticipation in behalf of Nature. 7. The action of representing to oneself or realizing a thing before it occurs; apprehension beforehand, preconception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun] forecastinga1529 foreguessing1548 prevening1557 prejudice1560 prolepsis1578 foredeeming1587 forestalment1611 forestalling1641 forethought1653 anticipation1711 pre-empting1857 precasting1863 second-guessing1946 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. 336 The Anticipation of high Titles, Honours, and nominal Dignitys..may not prove beneficial or advantageous in the end. a1764 R. Lloyd Milk-maid in Wks. II. 51 And when the thoughts on evil pore, Anticipation makes it more. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi. 192 First in anticipation and then in reality, it became henceforth her prime object of interest. View more context for this quotation 8. The action of looking forward to, expectation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > action of foreguessing1548 prospection1659 looking forward1764 anticipation1809 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1837) I. iv. 198 Had I not soothed my solitary toils with the anticipation of many readers. 1830 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen I. ix. 342 We are in such a state of excitement in anticipation of political news. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. i. vi. 102 Looked forward to the arrival of her Father with the most affectionate anticipations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1548 |
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