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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However, in a matter of months, it is anticipated the land situation will be resolved.
From BBC
The packaged-meat giant posted earnings of 83 cents a share in the latest quarter, outstripping the 68 cents analysts had anticipated.
From Barron's
The packaged-meat giant posted earnings of 83 cents a share in the latest quarter, outstripping the 68 cents analysts had anticipated.
From Barron's
"Seeing that with my own eyes was just an experience I never anticipated," she says.
From BBC
Apollo set the 5% limit to reflect the average life of the BDC’s underlying assets and the anticipated time span of investor commitments.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
