different between anticipation vs booyah

English

Etymology

From Latin anticipatio; compare with French anticipation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.t?s.??pe?.??n/, /æn.t?s.??pe?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

anticipation (countable and uncountable, plural anticipations)

1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
2. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
   • November 20, 1836, Samuel Thodey, The Honour Attached to Eminent Piety and Usefulness

     anticipation of that final hour which he had long contemplated as near at hand
3. (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
4. (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
5. (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
6. (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Synonyms

• expectingness

Hyponyms

• (anticipating, expectation): apprehension, dread; see also anxiety#Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• anticipation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anticipation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ti.si.pa.sj??/

Noun

anticipation f (plural anticipations)

1. anticipation

Further reading

• “anticipation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• boo-yah
• booya
• boo-ya
• booyeah
• boo-yay
• booyakasha

Interjection

booyah

1. Expressing excitement and anticipation.

   Let's go storm that hill. Booyah!

   The party on Saturday night is going to be awesome. Booyah!

2. (colloquial) Expressing satisfaction or accomplishment.

   Mission accomplished. Booyah!

Noun

booyah (countable and uncountable, plural booyahs)

1. (colloquial) A thick soup of European origin made throughout the Upper Midwestern United States.

   I'd say it's a mixture of veggies, the stewing chickens and the long cooking time that are essential to make real booyah.

See also

• hooray

References

Anagrams

• yah boo, yah-boo