different between anticipation vs forethought

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

Etymology

From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþ?ht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- +? thought. See also forethink.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)???t/
• (adjective, verb) IPA^(key): /f??(?)????t/

Noun

forethought (countable and uncountable, plural forethoughts)

1. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.

2. Anticipation.
3. Provident care; prudence.

Derived terms

• forethoughtful

Translations

Adjective

forethought (not comparable)

1. Thought of, or planned, beforehand.
   • c. 1613-1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court

     Forethought malice.

   Synonyms: aforethought, premeditated

Verb

forethought

1. simple past tense and past participle of forethink