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Definition of Anticipate
1. Verb. Regard something as probable or likely. "They anticipate to move "; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
Specialized synonyms: Guess, Imagine, Opine, Reckon, Suppose, Think, Assume, Presume, Take For Granted, Conjecture, Hypothecate, Hypothesise, Hypothesize, Speculate, Suppose, Theorise, Theorize, Believe, Trust
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Related verbs: Await, Expect, Look, Wait
Derivative terms: Expectant, Expectation, Expectation
2. Verb. Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Anticipator, Anticipatory, Forestalling
3. Verb. Realize beforehand.
Generic synonyms: Know
Derivative terms: Anticipator, Prevision
4. Verb. Make a prediction about; tell in advance. "Call the outcome of an election"
Specialized synonyms: Read, Outguess, Second-guess, Augur, Bet, Wager, Calculate, Forecast, Prophesy, Vaticinate
Generic synonyms: Guess, Hazard, Pretend, Venture
Derivative terms: Anticipatory, Foreboding, Foreboding, Foretelling, Prediction, Predictive, Predictor, Prognosis, Prognostication, Prognostication, Prognosticative, Prognosticator
5. Verb. Be excited or anxious about.
Generic synonyms: Await, Expect, Look, Wait
Specialized synonyms: Apprehend, Quail At
Derivative terms: Anticipative
6. Verb. Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than. "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
Derivative terms: Anticipatory
Definition of Anticipate
1. v. t. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
Definition of Anticipate
1. Verb. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action. ¹
2. Verb. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely. ¹
3. Verb. to know of (something) before it happens; to expect. ¹
4. Verb. to eagerly wait for (something) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anticipate
1. [v -PATED, -PATING, -PATES]
Medical Definition of Anticipate
1. To come before the appointed time; said of a periodic symptom or disease, such as a malarial paroxysm, when it recurs at progressively shorter intervals. Origin: L. Anticipo, pp. -cipatus, to anticipate, fr. Anti (old form of ante), before, + capio, to take (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticipate
Literary usage of Anticipate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... and even to anticipate, the hostile measures of the Pagan government. Among the
friends of the emperor (if the names of emperor and of friend are not ..."
2. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"I do not anticipate that it will disappoint your expectations in any respect,
and to myself it will be an unspeakable relief to be at last enabled to ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Indeed in every way they made hasto to anticipate the Lacedaemonians, by completing
the most assailable points of the.work before they came to the rescue; ..."
4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"my intention of following the Cardinal, I did not anticipate that any of my
enemies would be upon the watch to harm me. Yet I ran a narrow risk of coming to ..."
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