anticipate
Usage
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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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Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted per-share earnings were 64 cents, ahead of the 62 cents anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.
What he neglected to anticipate in between was his curiosity about the Rossi family and their circus.
From Literature
“She has some cuts and bruises, and slight hypothermia, but that’s it. We’ll keep her for a day or two for observation but I anticipate no serious problems. You kids were lucky. Both of you.”
From Literature
Kyndryl also noted that it “anticipates reporting material weaknesses” in its financial-reporting controls, not just for the latest quarter but also going back to the fiscal year that ended in March 2025.
From MarketWatch
"Beijing recognises strength and could calculate that she has more staying power than anticipated and had not buckled under pressure, and therefore will have to somehow deal with her," Heng said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
