Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being anticipable; foreseeability, predictability.
More generally, low anticipability of the source speech, which can be due to the speaker's personal style rather than to linguistic or cultural features or to flaws in his/her rationale, can have the same effect (see also Section 4).
2009, Daniel Gile, Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training, revised edition, Amsterdam; Philadelphia, P.A.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 193Synonyms: anticipatability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being anticipable; foreseeability, predictability.
Origin
Cite this entry
anticipability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticipability
“anticipability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticipability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticipability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticipability.
Source: anticipability on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.