anticipation

[US]/ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/
[UK]/ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. subira; kungoja; kuhisi mbele; noti ya kuongoza.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

excited anticipation

hamu kubwa

anticipation is high

hamu ni kubwa

sense of anticipation

hisihia ya hamu

feeling anticipation

kuhisi hamu

waiting in anticipation

kusubiri kwa hamu

hopeful anticipation

hamu yenye tumaini

in anticipation

katika hamu

in anticipation of

katika hamu ya

Example Sentences

a feeling of pleasurable anticipation

hisihisi cha kufurahi kinachotarajiwa

The children were aquiver with anticipation before the circus parade.

Watoto walikuwa wakivutiwa kwa hamaki kabla ya msikaada wa circus.

anticipation began to fizz through his veins.

hamu ilianza kuchemshaje ndani ya mishangao yake.

The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.

Wanyama walianza kuwa wasumbudifu kama vile wanataraji tetemeko la ardhi.

her eyes sparkled with anticipation .

Macho yake yalichunguzia kwa hamaki.

We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.

Tulisubiri kituo kwa hamaki ya kuwasili kwake.

People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.

Watu walinunua hisa za vyakula vyenye ufungaji wa maboksi kwa hamaki ya mwaka wa ukame.

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