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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When asked Thursday if Americans should anticipate spending more on gasoline for the foreseeable future, Trump told reporters at an event related to prescription drugs: “For a little while.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
“We still anticipate modest profitability for the year assuming the current forward fuel curve,” Chief Executive Robert Isom said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Predicting incident trends can be a form of predictive policing, which uses data to anticipate where, when and how crime may occur.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
But the term suggests a capacity to anticipate what the art market will value.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
“You cannot anticipate your final removal in this way, sir.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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