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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Market reaction was muted as investors had been anticipating rising issuance.
From MarketWatch
“You don’t anticipate any resistance, because these tanker operators are just people hired to operate tankers, and there’s nothing for them to gain if they fight off one of these inspection parties,” Clark said.
Seeing a robot in the future, he anticipates, will be more common.
From Los Angeles Times
A separate study published in the journal Nature Reviews in January found that more episodes of “hydroclimate whiplash” are anticipated worldwide due to human-caused global warming.
From Los Angeles Times
Japanese companies anticipate continued wage growth next year, supporting the case for further interest rate increases.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
