anticipate

an·tic·i·pate  (n-ts-pt)

v. an·tic·i·pat·ed, an·tic·i·pat·ing, an·tic·i·pates

v.tr.

1. To feel or realize beforehand; foresee: hadn't anticipated the crowds at the zoo.

2. To look forward to, especially with pleasure; expect: anticipated a pleasant hike in the country.

3. To deal with beforehand; act so as to mitigate, nullify, or prevent: anticipated the storm by boarding up the windows. See Synonyms at expect.

4. To cause to happen in advance; accelerate.

5. To use in advance, as income not yet available.

6. To pay (a debt) before it is due.

v.intr.

To think, speak, or write about a matter in advance.

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[Latin anticipre, anticipt-, to take before : ante-, ante- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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an·tici·pata·ble adj.

an·tici·pator n.

an·tici·pa·tory (-p-tôr, -tr) adj.

Usage Note: Some people hold that anticipate is improperly used as a simple synonym for expect; they would restrict its use to situations in which advance action is taken either to forestall (anticipate her opponent's next move) or to fulfill (anticipate my desires). In earlier surveys, however, a majority of the Usage Panel accepted the use of anticipate to mean "to feel or to realize beforehand" and "to look forward to." The word unanticipated, however, is not established as a synonym for unexpected. Thus 77 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the sentence They always set aside a little extra food for unanticipated guests, inasmuch as guests for whom advance provision has been made cannot be said to be unanticipated, though they may very well be unexpected.

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anticipate

Verb

[-pating, -pated]

1. to foresee and act in advance of: he anticipated some probing questions

2. to look forward to

3. to make use of (something, such as one's salary) before receiving it

4. to mention (part of a story) before its proper time [Latin ante- before + capere to take]

anticipatory adj

USAGE: The use of anticipate to mean expect should be avoided.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	anticipate - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" expect guess, reckon, suppose, think, imagine, opine - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" assume, presume, take for granted - take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, conjecture, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" await, expect, wait, look - look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" believe, trust - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
	2.	anticipate - act in advance of; deal with ahead of time counter, forestall, foresee act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	3.	anticipate - realize beforehand foreknow, foresee, previse know - be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
	4.	anticipate - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, call read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" hazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" outguess, second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predict augur - predict from an omen bet, wager - maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" forecast, calculate - predict in advance prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
	5.	anticipate - be excited or anxious about look for, look to await, expect, wait, look - look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" quail at, apprehend - anticipate with dread or anxiety
	6.	anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

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anticipate

verb 1. expect, predict, forecast, prepare for, look for, hope for, envisage, foresee, bank on, apprehend, foretell, think likely, count upon

verb 2. await, look forward to, count the hours until

USAGE The Bank of English reveals that the use of anticipate and expect as synonyms is well established. However, although both words relate to a person's knowledge of something that will happen in the future, there are subtle differences in meaning that should be understood when choosing which word to use. Anticipate means that someone foresees an event and has prepared for it, while expect means `to regard something as probable', but does not necessarily suggest the state of being prepared. Similarly, using foresee as a synonym of anticipate, as in they failed to foresee the vast explosion in commercial revenue which would follow, is not entirely appropriate.

Translations

anticipate [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt] vt (= foresee) → prever (= expect); esperar, contar con (= forestall); anticiparse a, adelantarse a;

this is worse than I anticipated → esto es peor de lo que esperaba;

as anticipated → según se esperaba

anticipate [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt] vt → s'attendre à, prévoir [+ wishes, request]; aller au devant de, devancer;

this is worse than I anticipated → c'est pire que je ne pensais;

as anticipated → comme prévu

anticipate [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt] vt → erwarten;

(foresee) → vorhersehen;

(look forward to) → sich freuen auf +acc;

(forestall) → vorwegnehmen;

this is worse than I anticipated → es ist schlimmer, als ich erwartet hatte;

as anticipated → wie erwartet

anticipate [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt] vt → prevedere; pregustare [+ wishes, request]; prevenire;

as anticipated → come previsto;

this is worse than I anticipated → è peggio di quel che immaginavo or pensavo

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anticipate

v anticipate [ӕnˈtisəpeit]

1 to expect (something) I'm not anticipating any trouble.verwagيَتَوَقَّعочаквамpředpokládatforvente; se frem tilerwartenπροσδοκώ, περιμένωesperar, contar conootamaانتظار داشتنodottaas'attendre àלְצַפּוֹתपूर्वानुमान करनाočekivatiszámít (vmire)memperhitungkan, mengharapkanvæntaaspettarsi予想する예상하다laukti, tikėtisparedzēt; gaidītmenjangkaverwachten(for)vente; se fram tilspodziewać się, oczekiwaćprevera an­ti­cipaпредвидетьpredpokladaťpričakovatipredvidetivänta sig, räkna medคาดหวังummak, beklemek期望передчувати, чекатиتوقع رکھناlường trước期望

2 to see what is going to be wanted, required etc in the future and do what is necessary A businessman must try to anticipate what his customers will want.verwagيَسْتَبِقпредвиждамpředvídatforudsevoraussehenπροβλέπωpreverette nägemaپیش بینی کردنennakoidaprévoirלִצְפּוֹתपूर्वाभासpredvidjetielőre látmeramalkansjá fyrirprevedere予期する미리 처리하다numatytiparedzēt; nojaustmendugavoorzienforutseprzewidywaćprevera prevedeaпредвосхищатьpredvídaťpredvidetipreduhitritiförutseคาดการณ์önceden tahmin etmek預見передбачатиپیش بینی کرنا ، بھانپ لیناđoán trước预见

n anˌticiˈpation

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