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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As Mr. Hart points out, this “mechanical slaughter” anticipated others during World War I. Men who were ambitious young officers during the Sudan operations subsequently reached high command during the “Great War.”
It added the decision reflected lower anticipated production and investment in the UK sector.
From BBC
Another contingent anticipates jobs—some 500 have already returned on-site—a revitalized downtown and a new period of opportunity.
He said he didn’t anticipate that U.S. officials would try to get rid of him.
From Los Angeles Times
If the anticipated AI-driven productivity gains fail to materialize in the next couple of years, the U.S. could face more inflation, labor challenges, and reduced economic activity.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
