Anticipation
Anticipation can refer to:
- Anticipation (Carly Simon album), a 1971 album by Carly Simon
- Anticipation (song), the title track of this album
- Anticipation (Lewis Black album), a 2008 comedy album by Lewis Black
- Anticipation (Trey Songz album)
- Anticipation (artificial intelligence), the concept of an agent making decisions
- Anticipation (convention), the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, which was held in Montréal in 2009
- Anticipation (emotion), an emotion involving pleasure in considering some expected or longed-for good event, or irritation at having to wait.
- Anticipation (finance), where debts are paid off early
- Anticipation (genetics), where the severity of a genetic disorder increases with each generation.
- Anticipation (music), a type of nonchord tone
- Anticipation (video game), a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
- Anticipation (Guinness) a 1994-1995 advertising campaign for Guinness
- In the U.S., when one prior art reference or event discloses all the features of a claim, see novelty (patent)