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What does anticipatory mean?

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Adjective
  1. Characterized by anticipation.
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The thought of his blind date gives him a rush of anticipatory nervous excitement.
She found that she was less bothered by hot flashes and the attendant anticipatory anxiety about when the next hot flash would occur.
The assumption has to be made that, had there been no anticipatory breach, the defendant would have performed his legal obligation and no more.
Decisions about whether the threshold has been crossed are difficult precisely because they are, by nature, anticipatory and extrapolative.
We have taken some anticipatory measures and will not be affected by the new ruling.
March in New York is a restless time, an anticipatory time, hopeful yet apprehensive.

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