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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기대

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gidae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anticipation/ænˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 큰 기대를 품고 여행을 떠났다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of anticipating something; expectation or excitement regarding something future.

    "The children waited for Christmas with eager anticipation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'anticipare', meaning 'to take beforehand' or 'act in advance', composed of 'ante-' (before) and 'capere' (to take). Entering the English language in the late 16th century, the word shifted from its original legal and physical sense of taking possession of something early to the psychological state of looking forward to a future event.

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