noun (n)

• an expectation(noun.feeling)

  Synonym:
  expectancy
  

  source: wordnet30
• something expected (as on the basis of a norm)(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  Each of them had their own anticipations.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  prediction, prevision
  

  source: wordnet30
• anticipating with confidence of fulfillment(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  expectation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.(noun)

  source: webster1913