anticipate
anticipate
/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
1 to expect something
anticipate something We don't anticipate any major problems.
Our anticipated arrival time is 8.30.
The eagerly anticipated movie will be released next month.
anticipate doing something They anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the year.
anticipate something doing something I don't anticipate it being a problem.
anticipate that… We anticipate that sales will rise next year.
it is anticipated that… It is anticipated that inflation will stabilize at 3 per cent.
2 to see what might happen in the future and take action to prepare for it
anticipate something We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.
anticipate what, how, that, etc… Try and anticipate what the interviewers will ask.
3 anticipate (doing) something | anticipate (something doing) something to think with pleasure and excitement about something that is going to happen
We eagerly anticipated the day we would leave school.
The more I anticipated arriving somewhere, the more disappointed I was.
4 anticipate somebody (doing something) (formal) to do something before it can be done by somebody else
SYNONYM forestall
When Scott reached the South Pole he found that Amundsen had anticipated him.
Word Origin
mid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘to take something into consideration’, ‘mention something before the proper time’): from Latin anticipat- ‘acted in advance’, from anticipare, based on ante- ‘before’ + capere ‘take’.
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