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something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" pleasurable expectation some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one; "there were many anticipations of Darwinian theory"; "the hour glass was an anticipation of the clock" wishing with confidence of fulfillment the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
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