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Synonyms for anticipate
ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪtan·tic·i·pate
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Wiktionary
anticipateverb
to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
anticipateverb
to eagerly wait for (something)
Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.
Synonyms:
look forward toanticipateverb
Synonyms:
preclude
English Synonyms and Antonyms
anticipate
To anticipate may be either to take before in fact or to take before in thought; in the former sense it is allied with prevent; in the latter, with the synonyms above given. This is coming to be the prevalent and favorite use. We expect that which we have good reason to believe will happen; as, a boy expects to grow to manhood. We hope for that which we much desire and somewhat expect. We apprehend what we both expect and fear. Anticipate is commonly used now, like foretaste, of that which we expect both with confidence and pleasure. In this use it is a stronger word than hope, where often "the wish is father to the thought." I hope for a visit from my friend, tho I have no word from him; I expect it when he writes that he is coming; and as the time draws near I anticipate it with pleasure. Compare ABIDE; PREVENT.
Synonyms:
apprehend, expect, forecast, foretaste, hope, look forward toAntonyms:
despair of, distrust, doubt, doubt, dread, fear, recall, recollect, remember
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Princeton's WordNet
expect, anticipateverb
regard something as probable or likely
"The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
Synonyms:
predict, await, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forestall, look, gestate, wait, require, call, prognosticate, look to, have a bun in the oven, foresee, carry, ask, foretell, forebode, expect, bear, promiseanticipate, foresee, forestall, counterverb
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Synonyms:
predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, preclude, forestall, prevent, foreclose, forbid, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, foresee, foretell, forebode, expect, promiseanticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb
realize beforehand
Synonyms:
predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forewarn, forestall, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, foresee, foretell, forebode, expect, promisepredict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promiseverb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"
Synonyms:
forestall, predict, augur, forebode, foreshadow, scream, prognosticate, counter, promise, phone, yell, foreknow, shout out, foretell, cry, herald, call in, auspicate, expect, holler, call up, betoken, call off, assure, call, look for, send for, previse, address, visit, portend, shout, bode, foresee, look to, announce, presage, name, hollo, squall, bid, ring, omen, forecast, harbinger, telephone, annunciate, prefigureanticipate, look for, look toverb
be excited or anxious about
Synonyms:
predict, search, counter, foreknow, previse, seek, look for, forestall, call, prognosticate, look to, foresee, foretell, forebode, expect, promiseanticipateverb
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
"This composition anticipates Impressionism"
Synonyms:
promise, look for, forestall, forebode, previse, foretell, foreknow, look to, counter, prognosticate, foresee, expect, predict, call
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
anticipateverb
Synonyms:
go before, get the start ofanticipateverb
Synonyms:
take up beforehand, consider in advanceanticipateverb
anticipateverb
Synonyms:
expect, forecast, foresee, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, prepare one's self for
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#41 | search | |
#108 | name | |
#249 | address | |
#255 | phone | |
#374 | call | |
#399 | visit | |
#446 | look | |
#749 | ask | |
#859 | meet | |
#1086 | hope | |
#1138 | bid | |
#1290 | telephone | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1539 | require | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2167 | prevent | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2693 | forecast | |
#3171 | seek | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#4348 | promise | |
#5401 | herald | |
#5529 | cry | |
#5539 | announce | |
#7231 | assure | |
#8692 | predict | |
#11068 | scream | |
#11650 | shout | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#19022 | await | |
#19649 | yell | |
#19862 | intercept | |
#20868 | preclude | |
#23372 | envision | |
#23833 | forbid | |
#29752 | omen | |
#32182 | bode | |
#34955 | foresee | |
#43616 | harbinger | |
#46975 | holler | |
#47730 | envisage | |
#49198 | squall | |
#50415 | preempt | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#68716 | presage | |
#74866 | foreclose | |
#75403 | forestall | |
#79750 | obviate | |
#89419 | augur | |
#99650 | foretell | |
#121622 | foreshadow | |
#125593 | portend | |
#138266 | prejudge | |
#139379 | foretaste | |
#223879 | forewarn | |
#237936 | hollo | |
#267080 | gestate | |
#299067 | prognosticate | |
#301893 | prefigure |
How to use anticipate in a sentence?
Former President Jimmy Carter:
I can't really anticipate how I'll be feeling. Obviously I'll have to defer quite substantially to my doctors who are in charge of the treatment.
Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg:
We see market space that's measured in that category, you can anticipate that that's potentially a 50-50 kind of marketplace for Boeing and Airbus and we're going to battle it out competitively.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:
I am clear that there is no appetite in Libya for foreign combat troops on the ground, we do not anticipate any requests from the GNA for ground combat forces to take on Daesh (Islamic State) or any other armed groups and we have no plans to deploy troops in such a role.
What could surprise investors is when they actually hear the word' default,' and that a default occurred, the immediate reaction might be a slight sell-off in the marketplace because I think people will start to anticipate,' OK, what's the next series of debt they're going to default on ?'.
We don't anticipate that these new entrants will materially affect our growth.
Translations for anticipate
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- توقعArabic
- предвиждам, изпреварвам, прибързвамBulgarian
- předvídatCzech
- forudseDanish
- vorausahnen, voraussehenGerman
- προσδοκώGreek
- anticipiEsperanto
- anticipar, preverSpanish
- پیش بینیPersian
- odottaa, ennakoida, varautuaFinnish
- prévoir, anticiperFrench
- réamh-mheasIrish
- अंदाज़ा लगानाHindi
- előre jelezniHungarian
- mengantisipasiIndonesian
- prevedere, anticipareItalian
- צופהHebrew
- 予想Japanese
- ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿKannada
- 예상Korean
- anticipateLatin
- paredzētLatvian
- anticiperenDutch
- forutseNorwegian
- przewidziećPolish
- anteciparPortuguese
- prevedea, anticipaRomanian
- опередить, предвосхитить, опережать, предвосхищать, предвидетьRussian
- förutseSwedish
- எதிர்பார்க்கின்றனTamil
- ఎదురుచూడాలిTelugu
- คาดหวังThai
- tahmin etmekTurkish
- передбачитиUkrainian
- متوقعUrdu
- đoán trướcVietnamese
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