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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They reiterate their view that consumers’ ongoing shift to the value end of the market is structural and now anticipate Telstra losing 18,000 postpaid subscribers a year in the medium-to-long term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“If that bust comes sooner than many people anticipate, the area of the market that is potentially punished the most would be the neoclouds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“As capacity eases, which we anticipate, this company will be among the first and hardest hit,” she wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
But you certainly, you never anticipate reaching the levels that this one has where people are just gaga for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
If anything is different about him it is that he dares to anticipate the successfiil conclusion of his studies.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
He anticipates cutting his earnings estimates after meeting China Aviation’s management on Tuesday, and is reviewing the stock’s buy rating and target price of 2.50 Singapore dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He anticipates that both will use their mobility to make plays if the pocket collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
As the memory business evolves in the coming years, Sandisk’s management anticipates that the company will be able to maintain extreme profitability.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
He said he anticipates that campaigns will more fully understand and use AI to its full extent in the next two election cycles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Jay, taut and grim-faced, anticipates when to loosen or tighten the rope.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“Recent carrier deployments have repeatedly stretched beyond their original anticipated duration, suggesting that extended deployments may be becoming a feature rather than an exception of the Navy’s force-generation model,” Blumenthal wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Analysts had anticipated a win for Farage but underestimated the appeal of the self-styled "intergalactic space warrior" from planet Sigma IX, who campaigns wearing a rubbish bin on his head.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
However, Werro will race against Hodgkinson in a highly anticipated final following a successful appeal, with footage showing France's Anais Bourgoin had hit Werro's right foot with her left hand.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted per-share earnings were $1.32, ahead of the $1.28 anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But it proved to be a good deal more difficult to forget him than I had anticipated, mostly because I had been moved up into Rav Gershenson’s Talmud class where Danny’s presence was always felt.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
After several movie announcements at San Diego Comic-Con last month, fans had been anticipating Marvel’s D23 presentation would focus on its series slate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Locals were anticipating the busiest summer in years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Enterprise customers are moving up to premium tiers and expanding their software spend, and ServiceNow is anticipating a pricing uplift of 20% to 30%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, that shouldn’t stop investors from anticipating a September rate hike, they said, especially given the recent surge in energy prices and concerns about the potential for AI-related demand to feed into inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
She glanced brightly up at him, anticipating the shock and beginning worry in him.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
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