- assume
- await
- count on
- forecast
- foresee
- prepare for
- see
- conjecture
- divine
- entertain
- figure
- foretell
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- suppose
- visualize
- wait
- bargain for
- be afraid
- count chickens
- cross the bridge
- foretaste
- have a hunch
- hope for
- jump the gun
- look for
- look forward to
- plan on
- prevision
- promise oneself
- see coming
- see in the cards
- wait for
- delay
- forestall
- prepare for
- prevent
- apprehend
- block
- hinder
- intercept
- precede
- preclude
- beat someone to it
- be early
- be one step ahead of
- hold back
- provide against
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To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? To expect something implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. To await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
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WORDS RELATED TO ANTICIPATE
- anticipate
- bide
- expect
- linger
- pause
- remain
- rest
- sojourn
- stay
- stick around
- stop
- tarry
- wait
- anticipate
- attend
- be prepared for
- be ready for
- cool one’s heels
- count on
- hang around
- hang in
- hang out
- hope
- look for
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- stay
- sweat
- sweat it out
- anticipates
- attends
- be prepares for
- cool one’s heels
- counts on
- hangs around
- hangs in
- hangs out
- hopes
- is ready for
- looks for
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- stays
- sweats
- sweats it out
- aim for
- anticipate
- contemplate
- count on
- foresee
- imagine
- look for
- plan on
- reckon on
- aim
- anticipate
- assume
- bank on
- build
- count on
- depend on
- design
- intend
- judge
- plan
- reckon
- rely on
- suppose
- think likely
- trust
- anticipate
- augur
- conjecture
- divine
- forecast
- foreknow
- foresee
- foretell
- portend
- predict
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- vaticinate
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Rhymes with Anticipate
- participate
- dissipate
How do you pronounce anticipate?
Pronounce anticipate as ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪt.
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abide, accelerate, antedate, assume, augur, en.synonym.one, await, believe, calculate, call, conjecture, contemplate, contrive, count on, counter, deem, delay, depend on, design, devise, divine, envision, expect, expedite, forebode, forecast, en.synonym.one, foreknow, foreordain, foresee, forestall, foretell, get ready, hasten, hinder, hold, hope, hope for, hurry, intend, intercept, judge, linger, look, look for, look to, make ready, mean, misdate, nullify, obviate, order, en.synonym.one, plan, postdate, precipitate, predict, prepare, prevent, previse, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, propose, purpose, remain, speed, suppose, tarry, think, wait, wait for.
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1 apprehend, await, count upon, expect, forecast, foresee, foretell, hope for, look for, look forward to, predict, prepare for
2 antedate, beat (someone) to it (informal) forestall, intercept, prevent
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anticipate
( anticipates 3rd person present) ( anticipating present participle) ( anticipated past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
(=expect)
At the time we couldn’t have anticipated the result of our campaigning… V n
It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost… it be V-ed that
Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war. V that
2 verb If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs.
What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question… V n
3 verb If you anticipate something, you do it, think it, or say it before someone else does.
In the 50s, Rauschenberg anticipated the conceptual art movement of the 80s. V n
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