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Anticipate   /æntˈɪsəpˌeɪt/   Listen
Anticipate

verb
(past & past part. anticipated; pres. part. anticipating)
1.
Regard something as probable or likely.  Synonym: expect.
2.
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.  Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall.
3.
Realize beforehand.  Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse.
4.
Make a prediction about; tell in advance.  Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise.
5.
Be excited or anxious about.  Synonyms: look for, look to.
6.
Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than.






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"Anticipate" Quotes from Famous Books



... had already been written; and when it closed, Elizabeth, in the solitude of her chamber, had to meditate upon Charlotte's degree of contentment, to understand her address in guiding, and composure in bearing with, her husband, and to acknowledge that it was all done very well. She had also to anticipate how her visit would pass, the quiet tenor of their usual employments, the vexatious interruptions of Mr. Collins, and the gaieties of their intercourse with Rosings. A lively imagination soon settled ...
— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... impossible that he should deny it. It seems, he has formed some plan of defence against this and similar charges, which he thinks will avail him in a court of justice, and which it would be imprudent in him to anticipate at this time. If he has not received the money, we see no reason for such a guarded and cautious method of proceeding. An innocent man would take a shorter and easier course. He would voluntarily exculpate ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... arisen. We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia where, if anywhere upon this earth, wisdom is to be found, and we anticipate that our sojourn there will be a long one. Possibly we shall not return. Under these altered conditions it has become a question whether we are justified in withholding from the world an account of a phenomenon which we believe to be of unparalleled interest, merely because our ...
— She • H. Rider Haggard

... head or king. Having his church fully gathered, he hath his complete kingdom, his perfect body; and this being done, he wants nothing, so far as he is Mediator: so that the Holy Ghost doth here, as it were on purpose, anticipate this opinion, lest any should think all civil government is given to Christ as Mediator. Though, as God, he filleth heaven and earth, yet, as Mediator, his filling of all in all extends no further than his body, his church, which ...
— The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Gillespie

... led to a result he did not intend nor anticipate. Zoe, being now cool, fell into a state of compunction and dismay. She saw his affection leaving her for her, and ...
— The Woman-Hater • Charles Reade


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