Synonyms for anticipate
ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪtan·tic·i·pate

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1. anticipateverb

   to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.

   Synonyms:
   expect, foretaste, foresee

2. anticipateverb

   to eagerly wait for (something)

   Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.

   Synonyms:
   look forward to

3. anticipateverb

   Synonyms:
   preclude

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1. 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 to

   Antonyms:
   despair of, distrust, doubt, doubt, dread, fear, recall, recollect, remember

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1. anticipate

   Synonyms:
   forestall, prejudge, expect, foretaste, apprehend, prevent, prearrange, prepare, prejudge, meet, obviate, intercept, forecast

   Antonyms:
   remember, recollect, remedy, recall, undo, cure, misapprehend

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1. 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, promise

2. anticipate, 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, promise

3. anticipate, previse, foreknow, foreseeverb

   realize beforehand

   Synonyms:
   predict, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forewarn, forestall, envision, call, prognosticate, look to, foresee, foretell, forebode, expect, promise

4. predict, 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, prefigure

5. anticipate, 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, promise

6. anticipateverb

   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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1. anticipateverb

   Synonyms:
   go before, get the start of

2. anticipateverb

   Synonyms:
   take up beforehand, consider in advance

3. anticipateverb

   Synonyms:
   foretaste, forestall, antedate

4. anticipateverb

   Synonyms:
   expect, forecast, foresee, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, prepare one's self for

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1. anticipateverb

   Synonyms:
   expect, forestall, preclude, obviate

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1. List of paraphrases for "anticipate":

   pre-empt, predict, foresee, expect, prejudge, forestall, forecast, preempt, envisage, second-guess

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1. Amy Spitalnick:

   We don't anticipate this impacting our cases in any significant way, this decision will have no impact on our efforts to vigorously pursue financial fraud wherever it exists in New York. That includes continuing our case against Credit Suisse.

2. Ann Hiatt:

   If you'd asked me yesterday what I thought the timeline would be of Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, I would not have guessed now. But if you'd said,' Okay, Jeff Bezos's stepping down, who will Jeff Bezos choose ?' the first, instant name out of my mouth would be Andy Jassy, i watched Andy Jassy blossom into this beautiful complimentary executive to Jeff Bezos, where Andy Jassy learned to anticipate the questions Jeff Bezos would ask, the things Jeff Bezos would hate, the things Jeff Bezos would love, Jeff Bezos leadership style.

3. Rodney Margol:

   I anticipate that there will be a significant number of claimants who pursue Fidel Castro and his lackeys rights under Helms-Burton.

4. Kathay Feng:

   You would have to go to each county, and each county would give it to you in a slightly different format, and you have to figure out how that all could be put together, we are doing our best to anticipate where there may be issues, but based on past experience from past decades, things will come up that we will have to -- not necessarily things that were anticipated.

5. State Mike Pompeo on Monday:

   The exact timing of those we are still coordinating with the Chinese government but we anticipate that they will happen in the next handful of days... we'll return those American citizens, we may well end up bringing some citizens back from other countries as well. We're working through the details on that.