anticipations

noun

1. 1

   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.”

2. 2

   The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

   “He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.”

3. 3

   Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.

4. 4

   Prolepsis.

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.