<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.</li><li>realization in advance; foretaste.</li><li>expectation or hope.</li><li>previous notion; slight previous impression.</li><li>intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.</li><li>Law: a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.</li><li>Music: a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.</li></ul>