Meanings
adjectiveanticipative (comparative more anticipative, superlative most anticipative)
comparative more anticipative · superlative most anticipative
- Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
[…] protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged […]
1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by eager anticipation
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Translations
Portuguese antecipativo
- antecipativopertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate
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