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.
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The best passing duos look like they have telepathic powers with the ability to anticipate each other’s next move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
The same capabilities that make A.I. agents useful for complicated business or technical functions make them freakishly good at getting around whatever constraints we place on them, in ways we don’t anticipate.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
Such an amen chorus, however wise and worthy, doesn’t seem to help Berry anticipate the scrutiny of more skeptical observers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Residents who wish to evacuate will receive coordinated support and transportation to their preferred destination. I anticipate some will want to go to Russia, and some to Ukraine," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
I did not know enough to be afraid or to anticipate in a concrete manner.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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Like-for-like net revenue in the North America region fell 1.3% in the quarter, and the company said it anticipates a rebound from Lysol and North America in the fourth quarter as it resolves the issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The International Energy Agency anticipates a 25-percent copper supply deficit by 2035 if new deposits are not developed worldwide.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
It now anticipates earnings per share to be $7.80 to $7.95, up from $7.35 to $7.50.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
By 2027, Goldman anticipates core PCE falling closely towards the Fed’s 2% target, chiefly because tariffs and the Iran energy shock are fading in potency.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
“He anticipates it constantly when you’re abroad,” she said.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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The architects of the Constitution anticipated that officials in different branches would compete to preserve their authority.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
All-in sustaining costs were some 18% above what Macquarie had anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dawn Fazackerley-King is trying to work out how she and her family will pay higher mortgage costs anticipated in a few months' time.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The researchers had anticipated that viscosity would primarily function as a physical obstacle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Kaori anticipated Just Renee’s next question: what’s the ceremony of lost things?
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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In her research, women assumed a disproportionate share of this mental labor, particularly the responsibility for anticipating needs and keeping track of whether tasks had been completed.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
For now, businesses aren’t anticipating a slowdown in demand.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Rather than simply responding to information from the outside world, the brain is constantly anticipating what will happen next.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Now the real issue is ensuring that this doesn’t happen again. … We obviously need to be better at anticipating the kind of mobilization that is unfolding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
She realized she had to cut a weaving course, like cargo ships in mortal-age wartime, to throw them off her path and keep them from anticipating where she’d be next.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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