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Anticipation (disambiguation)

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Anticipation can have several meanings:

  • Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure in considering some expected or longed-for good event, or irritation at having to wait.
  • In medicine, anticipation is where the severity of a genetic disorder increases with each generation.
  • In music, anticipation is a type of nonchord tone.
  • In finance, anticipation is where debts are paid off early.
  • In artificial intelligence, anticipation is the concept of an agent making decisions based on predictions, expectations, or beliefs about the future.