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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For Celeste's parents, it was an ordeal they had prepared themselves for but could never fully anticipate, according to their lawyer.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Instead of responding only after a treatment fails, doctors may eventually be able to anticipate resistance and act before the tumor regains strength.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I don’t anticipate it changing until we see the hires rate pick up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“While we anticipated some supply chain-related impact in our expectations, we did not anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Tally began to anticipate the sickening jolt of her bungee jacket pulling her up.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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Krishna anticipates the AI boom will also boost IBM’s revenue, because most customers need someone to come in and hold their hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
ServiceNow anticipates that over 2.2 billion agents will participate in the global economy in coming years, all of which will need to be tracked and regulated.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The company anticipates 2027 results to be "better" than this year's, due in part to increased supply of top-selling sport utility vehicles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Now he anticipates removing drywall and ripping out the floors entirely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
In Cuban son, however, the melody is elastic in the other direction: it anticipates the main beat.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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He was the most anticipated high-school prospect ever seen and has become perhaps the greatest player of all time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Disappointing offerings included such anticipated titles as “Her Private Hell,” Nicolas Winding Refn’s first film in a decade, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Sheep in the Box.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
On the technology front, the anticipated certification of the 737 MAX 7 and 737 MAX 10 this year -- following years of delays -- should help to free up significant engineering resources, Pope said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
“If an unwanted inheritance is anticipated from a family member, it might be beneficial to use a qualified disclaimer to reject the bequest,” says Baker Tilly, a New York-based advisory, tax and assurance firm.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
And finally, the relationship between an organism’s physical or mental attributes and heredity was much more complex than anticipated.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“We’re anticipating those waves to kind of stay elevated through at least Tuesday.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Still, the gold miner says it doesn’t expect material changes to production, while anticipating that inflation will add some 4-5% to all-in sustaining costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Club Brugge are anticipating an offer from Arsenal for Tzolis.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Investors had started 2026 anticipating two cuts to the Federal Open Market Committee’s target range for the federal-funds rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
She will spend most of that first marriage anticipating and then causing its end.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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