(1):

(n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.

(2):

(n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

(3):

(n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

(4):

(n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.