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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After the protests, he said "our policing plan worked" and significantly fewer people attend than anticipated.
From BBC
Now, she anticipates a few slow months before things pick up in the spring.
“Some households may already have anticipated what their refund is and may have already made their spending habit changes ahead of when the refund comes in,” she says.
From Barron's
Many buyers have been up against tender offers and the anticipated IPOs of Anthropic and others, when things are likely to get even more competitive, according to David Cohen with City Real Estate.
“In other words, the highly anticipated and well touted fiscal and monetary boost for the economy in 2026 is being canceled.”
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
