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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Chinese state media has said there are significant casualties, while Nepalese officials anticipate "huge scale loss".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yardeni: We have been recommending staying home over going global since 2010, and that worked well until last year, when going global outperformed and we did not fully anticipate the rotation away from the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Analysts broadly anticipate a continuation of the trends seen in recent quarters, with growth driven by capital markets activity, wealth segment revenue and credit losses that have been held in check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"Schools are starting the year with a rule that is not written into their internal regulations, except perhaps for those that tried to anticipate something, but that remains very limited."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
By then, naturally, he himself would be dead, another interesting event to anticipate as he stood here in his stricken living room alone with the lungless, all-penetrating, masterful world-silence.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
It has anticipates $13 million in tariff refunds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the past year Gupta's brands have grown their top line by 100% and she anticipates strong double-digit growth going forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Oxford Economics anticipates that manufacturers who stand to be most impacted include those in the cement, paper, printing, wood, clothing and electronics equipment sectors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Simpson anticipates that it will be “surreal” to put on his game jersey and fulfill a dream of playing in the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Phaistos disk anticipates humanity’s next efforts at printing, which similarly used cut type or blocks but applied them to paper with ink, not to clay without ink.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
His war with Iran unintentionally set off a scramble for renewable energy sources, which promise to be cheaper in the long run and available on a faster timescale than many initially anticipated.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Gap said it had expected pressure from Old Navy’s seasonal assortment, but it hadn’t anticipated traffic to slow, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company obtained court orders Friday requiring Microsoft and Discord to turn over data in an effort to identify the source of recent leaks surrounding the eagerly anticipated video game.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
That’s in addition to other problems: an anticipated “bump” in weight-loss drug sales, from Medicare covering its Wegovy weight-loss drug for cardiovascular patients, is “looking limited.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
She came upon it faster than she’d anticipated.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Even so, the research provides another glimpse into changes that may occur long before Alzheimer's becomes clinically visible and underscores the value of basic research aimed at understanding and, eventually, anticipating the disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
“We’re anticipating scenarios we haven’t seen before in the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
It saw a surge of popularity among analysts after correctly anticipating the 2008 stock-market crash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Not only that - I got up this morning anticipating being in the audience, on your behalf, for a Farage victory speech, here in Clacton, and then doing an interview him afterwards.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Moss had never heard Mrs. Torrance’s class so quiet before, every student anticipating the fight that was to come.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
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