According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
ANTICIPATIONS
Noun
anticipations
plural of anticipation
Source: Wiktionary
ANTICIPATION
An*tic`i*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation.]
1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.
2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke.
4. (Mus.)
Definition: The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
Syn.
– Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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