anticipate
Usage
What are other ways to say anticipate?
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.
Example Sentences
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"We have to just anticipate the worst, hope for the best, and that's kind of where we're at."
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Martin said that the government did not anticipate violence.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
As for “English,” he didn’t anticipate having to make any drastic changes to address the current war with Iran.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The project shows how AI is beginning to reshape parts of the cybersecurity industry, with investors trying to anticipate which areas are built to last and which are ripe to be disrupted by automation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
I didn’t anticipate the void that would loom in its absence.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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