Anticipatory

Adjective

1. Characterized by anticipation.

   "The children were all wearing anticipatory grins as the cake was served."

2. ↑ “anticipatory, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
3. ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Anticipatory”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 337, column 3.
4. ↑ Szigetvári, Peter; Lindsey, Geoff (2013–2022), “anticipatory”, in Current British English: searchable transcriptions (CUBE)‎, retrieved 25 July 2025
5. ↑ Michaelis, Hermann; Jones, Daniel (1913), “æn'tisipeitər|i, -ili”, in A Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language (Sammlung Phonetischer Wörterbücher; 2)‎, Hanover: Carl Meyer (Gustav Prior), →OCLC, page 20.