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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Despite this limitation, she shows careful control and appears to anticipate the effects of her actions.
From Science Daily
Industry experts anticipate a slowdown in new construction this year will help shrink the supply-demand gap.
“Iran has to have anticipated this weakness and gained understanding from Russia on what this means and how it can be exploited,” he added.
A promise to increase NHS staff pay by an average of 4% has also been ticked off, with inflation driving public sector pay deals much higher than was anticipated in 2021.
From BBC
Oil analysts anticipate that absent a quick resolution, Europe and the U.S. could start seeing prices that look more like the $180 levels in the Middle East.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
