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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Still, Shaw notes consensus forecasts already anticipate a miss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
SLB and Baker Hughes shares rose nearly 3% and 2% respectively, as analysts anticipate benefits from Middle East rebuilding.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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
North Dakota legislators, who legalized e-tabs in 2017, say they didn’t anticipate the games’ wild success or how closely manufacturers would model them after slot machines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
And if there is a reasonable chance that readers will misinterpret a statistical tendency as an absolute law, a responsible writer will anticipate the oversight and qualify the generalization accordingly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
