how to pronounce anticipation

/ənˌtɪsəˈpɛɪʃən/

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anticipation is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of anticipation in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… traffic lights in anticipation for that …”

meaning of anticipation

Anticipation is the act of looking forward to something with eagerness or excitement.

anticipation frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word anticipation occurs in english on average 12.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics anticipation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that anticipation can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;