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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The two theater greats are joined by Sinclair Daniel, who plays Parker, the agent who has to anticipate Alexander’s every move and be the puppet-master in his head when the situation grows sticky.
Because a winning bid always anticipates more oil than the average of all the other firms’ predictions, and that average tends to be more accurate.
Over the past decade, though, rules have loosened to allow players to work out at the draft combine and return to school if they didn’t anticipate being picked as high as they would like.
"We must approach all potential emergencies with a mindset of anticipating the worst-case scenario and responding decisively," he added.
From Barron's
Somehow, a beaten and bruised England must stir themselves to find a Christmas miracle at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the most anticipated day in the Australian sporting calendar.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
