Definitions for "Anticipatory"
it Anticipatory it occupies the Subject position and "anticipates" a Subject that has been postponed. For example, It's true that she has finished with Mike. In this example the Subject is It, which substitutes for the extraposed clause that she has finished with Mike. Cf. the version with extraposition That she has finished with Mike is true. See also
Keywords:  forecasting, nature
Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
in anticipation