Noun

(en noun)

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.

The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

* Thodey

The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.

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

(rhetoric) Prolepsis.

(music) 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.

(obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.

Noun

The act or process of expanding.

The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.

The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.

A new addition.

My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.

A product to be used with a previous product.

This expansion requires the original game board.

That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.

* Beattie

the starred expansion of the skies

(steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.