anticipation
nounHow many syllables in anticipation?
There are 5 syllables in the word anticipation.How to pronounce anticipation:
Definition of anticipation:
- anticipation (noun):
- the act of anticipating
- something expected (as on the basis of a norm).
- a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action
Synonyms for anticipation:
apprehension
contemplation
expectance
expectancy
expectation
foresight
foretaste
forethought
hope
life expectancy
outlook
preconception
prediction
premonition
prescience
presentiment
prevision
prospect
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- delinquency
- unremarkable
- Giuliana
- usability
- incorporeal
- symbolically
- mispronunciation
- catecholamines
- unreasonably
- mitochondria
- inexorable
- inadvisable
- ferociously
- notoriety
- desegregation
- appreciative
- coincidentally
- vociferously
- unassailable
- momentarily
- disapprovingly
- unusually
- unignorable
- ninety seven
- uncomfortably
- immeasurably
- unnoticeable
- unsuccessfully
- unattainable
- intimidated
- encouragingly
- undisputable
- inquisitively
- indiscernible
- equilibrium
- egotistical
- intolerable
- overestimate
- individual
- reinvigorated
- interpretative
- appreciably
- persuasively
- deferentially
- circumbendibus
- photosynthetic
- incubatory
- angelically
- imaginable
- conversational
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
English's rich history of borrowing words from other languages leads to a wide variety of syllable structures, such as the four-syllable word 'television'.
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