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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Buyers typically lock in a rate if they are interested in buying but anticipate mortgage rates will rise over the coming days or weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Legislative Analyst’s Office does not anticipate the measure to result in direct state or local costs because the costs are meant to be covered by homeowners’ mortgage payments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Netflix didn't anticipate supremely British-focused drama Baby Reindeer would be so popular globally.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
“In the near term, we anticipate the release of FY27 outlook commentary, which we expect to demonstrate a step backwards in terms of production, cash costs and free cash-flow,” it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
They both did anticipate, albeit from decidedly different perspectives, the looming sectional crisis between North and South that their own partnership stretched across.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
And just like Boitano, Steinberg anticipates a financial windfall coming for Vozinha, if it hasn’t happened already.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, now anticipates one interest rate hike by year-end.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Fervo anticipates that geothermal power from its Utah plant will cost roughly $7,000 per kilowatt of electricity.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The BOE last week left its key interest rate unchanged, and signaled it may yet lift borrowing costs if inflation threatens to remain aboveits 2% target for longer than it currently anticipates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
In Cuban son, however, the melody is elastic in the other direction: it anticipates the main beat.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
As it turns out, however, companies are spending and borrowing even more than investors had anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Chelsea's Andrey Santos is understood to have had his medical before a £48m switch and further signings are anticipated.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The update is massively anticipated by virtually any metric.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
One of the early leaders of the Coastal Commission, the late Peter Douglas, anticipated these trials and uttered a phrase I’ve repeated many times over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Consummate Professional would have anticipated this problem.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Investors had started 2026 anticipating two cuts to the Federal Open Market Committee’s target range for the federal-funds rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Mark Jackson, an attorney who specializes in conversion development, is already anticipating a “short-term Pfizer premium” on future builders-insurance contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Chairwoman of trustees Rachael is anticipating "a rocky time" as they set up, but is confident of a bright future.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
"For next year, everybody is anticipating a surplus," Jorge Leon, an analyst at Rystad Energy, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
We’re crossing the tiny stream— my favorite part of the trail—and my legs start to speed up, anticipating the end, before I remember we won’t be done when we finish our second loop.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
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