terça-feira, 20 de março de 2012

palavra do dia: anticipation

an.tic.i.pa.tion - | anˌtisəˈpāSHən |
noun
the action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction: her eyes sparkled with anticipation .
• MUSIC the introduction in a composition of part of a chord that is about to follow in full.
PHRASES
in anticipation with the probability or expectation of something happening: they manned the telephones in anticipation of a flood of calls.
ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin anticipatio(n-), from the verb anticipare (see anticipate).

TRADUÇÃO
anticipation s. antecipação, esperança f; adiamento m; intuição, previsão, preconcepção f; pressentimento m; conhecimento antecipado m.

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