(1):
(n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.
(2):
(n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
(3):
(n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
(4):
(n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.