adjective
definition
Characterized by anticipation.
example
The children were all wearing anticipatory grins as the cake was served.
Examples of anticipatory in a Sentence
Later writers interpreted this as an anticipatory crowning in preparation for his ultimate succession to the throne of Wessex.
To be sure, international law contains a doctrine of " anticipatory self-defense.
The bias of modern practice, in short, is towards milder methods, not only in treatment, but in those anticipatory processes which may render imprisonment unnecessary.
To be sure, international law contains a doctrine of anticipatory self-defense.
And there is much that is anticipatory of modern libertarian views in the psychological argument by which Carneades attempted at once to avoid the Epicurean identification of will with chance, and to prove the rationality of choice, undetermined by any external or antecedent necessity, as an explanation of human actions Xxviii.
Yet he was a sincerely religious man, as the curious Credo, written at Acre and forming a kind of anticipatory appendix to the history, sufficiently shows.
The convivial verse, at its best in Dunbar's Testament of Mr Andrew Kennedy, may be studied in Quhy sould nocht Allane honorit be, one of the many eulogies of John Barleycorn anticipatory of Burns's well-known piece.
Moreover, adolescents should receive anticipatory guidance to assist them in defining appropriate options and alternatives to engaging in high-risk behaviors.
More shows are guaranteed to come down the pipe during upcoming seasons, and there seems to be plenty of anticipatory fans waiting for it to happen.
It also helps improve balance and coordination as well as anticipatory reflexes.