🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기대

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gidae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anticipation/ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 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

Late Middle English: from Latin anticipatio(n-), from the verb anticipare 'take before', from ante- 'before' + capere 'take'.

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