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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Private-sector activity in Europe expanded at a stronger pace than anticipated in February, driven by a rebound in industry as economies across the continent continue to prove resilient against lingering headwinds.
LLM developers like OpenAI are directing much of the mammoth investment they have received into Nvidia's products, rushing to build GPU-stuffed data centers to serve an anticipated flood of demand for AI services.
From Barron's
Expectations that the Bank of England will lower its key interest by more than previously anticipated in the first half of this year have helped drive gilt prices up and yields down.
Congress anticipated this dynamic when it passed the International Religious Freedom Act in 1998.
The new Winter Olympic sport of ski mountaineering - or skimo for short - made its highly anticipated debut on Thursday in blizzard conditions in Bormio.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
