"anticipation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /æn.tɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/ [US] Forms: anticipation [singular], anticipations [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Anticipation is looking forward to or expecting something, expectancy, the eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
    Sense id: simple-anticipation-en-noun-ysJsH0my
  2. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
    Sense id: simple-anticipation-en-noun-D-g0t392
     
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        {
          "text": "Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the needle stick."
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