Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure in considering some expected or longed-for good event, or irritation at having to wait.
Anticipation may also refer to:
In media and entertainment Anticipation (video game), a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System Anticipation (advertisement), a 1994–1995 advertising campaign for Guinness The 67th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Anticipation, a 2009 science fiction convention held in Montreal Anticipation, a psychic ability that Odd Della Robbia possessed in the first season of Code Lyoko; an ability he also called "future flash"
In music Anticipation (Carly Simon album), 1971 "Anticipation" (song), the title track of this album Anticipation (Lewis Black album), 2008 Anticipation (Josh Nelson album), 2004 Anticipation (mixtape), a 2009 mixtape by Trey Songz Anticipation, a type of nonchord tone "Anticipation", a song by Blonde Redhead from their 2004 album Misery Is a Butterfly "Anticipation", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox
In other uses Anticipation (animation), a principle in animation that a movement needs a preparatory movement as an anticipation for the actual movement Anticipation (artificial intelligence), the concept of an agent making decisions Anticipation (genetics), where the severity of a genetic disorder increases with each generation Under patent law, when one prior art reference or event discloses all the features of a claim, so that it lacks novelty
See also "Anticipating", a 2002 song by Britney Spears