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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
| Synonyms: | assume, await, bargain for, be afraid, conjecture, count chickens, count on, cross the bridge, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretaste, foretell, have a hunch, hope for, jump the gun, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, prognosticate, promise oneself, prophesy, see, see coming, see in the cards, suppose, visualize, wait, wait for |
| Antonyms: | be amazed, be surprised, doubt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop temporarily and wait for |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around, stop, tarry, wait |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, go, move |
| Main Entry: | await |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait with expectation |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, attend, be prepared for, be ready for, cool one's heels, count on, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hope, look for, look forward to, stay, sweat it out, sweat* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bargain for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect |
| Synonyms: | aim for, anticipate, contemplate, count on, foresee, imagine, look for, plan on, reckon on |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, depend on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, rely on, suppose, think likely, trust |
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prophesy |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, forefeel, foreknow, foresee, foretell, go out on a limb, guess, infer, intuit, perceive, predict, previse, prognosticate, see, see in the cards, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, understand, visualize |
| Main Entry: | envisage/envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | picture in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | extrapolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infer |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, figure, foresee, foretell, guess, hypothesize, make an educated guess, predict, project, see ahead, theorize |
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