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. Heino Klinck:

   I anticipate because the Taliban wants a relationship with Beijing, that they are going to view favorably any request from China to allow them to look at American equipment.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   We anticipate many more sanctions and we will not stop until Assad and his regime stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people and the Syrian government agrees to a political solution to the conflict.

3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   I would not anticipate that a visit by the president just for a couple of hours to that community to console the families of the victims of that attack would have any impact on the pace or success of the ongoing investigation.

4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   I would anticipate in the days ahead that you'll see more of a conspicuous, concerted effort on the part of the U.S. government to communicate with the American people about the risks of this virus and the steps that they can take to protect themselves.

5. Richard Burr:

   It's too early to anticipate.