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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Choosing between playing the pass or anticipating the run, Miami spread out to blanket Indiana’s receiving options, guarding against the right arm that could soon make Mendoza the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.
“We see limited tactical downside to EU equities and anticipate continued diversification flows thereafter,” said a team led by Marina Zavolock, chief European equity strategist.
From MarketWatch
According to Khan, the lightweight yet powerful module can monitor its own condition and anticipate component failures before they happen.
From Science Daily
On Wednesday afternoon, Dior will unveil the second menswear collection by Jonathan Anderson, one of the most anticipated events of this Fashion Week.
From Barron's
Our critic highlighted it as a highly anticipated album, saying the artist is “in fine form on its title track” and that she “delivers a pointed critique of the state of things now.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
