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anticipate
verb as in expect; predict
Strong matches
conjecture, divine, entertain, figure, foretell, prognosticate, prophesy, suppose, visualize, wait
verb as in act in advance of
Strongest matches
Weak matches
be early, be one step ahead of, beat someone to it, hold back, provide against
Example Sentences
The November release will be welcomed not only by Obama readers, but by booksellers and fellow publishers who anticipate that the massive demand for A Promised Land will raise sales for everyone.
The Singapore hub itself will start off selling ads programmatically, but Insider anticipates more of these global campaigns with local variants.
Regardless of your industry, you should look for ways to anticipate and meet customer needs.
The most recent round of surveys in Wisconsin has been highly anticipated, coming after a Republican National Convention that focused heavily on the law-and-order message and in the wake of the Blake shooting and the subsequent protests.
In keeping with the event’s “time flies” theme, Apple debuted two new models of smartwatch, as widely anticipated.
These insights and discoveries help PepsiCo anticipate, rather than react to, an ever-changing consumer landscape.
"We anticipate that when we first start training, we won't have that many [recruits] to begin with," said a defense official.
It is not at all hard to anticipate additional forces—Turkmens and others—joining the fray in the future.
The officers explained that those Sikhs had been lynched to death and that Singh ought to anticipate the same fate for himself.
But the killers clearly failed to anticipate the uproar that would follow.
The pulse in Louis's temples beat hard; yet he was determined not to anticipate, but make Wharton explain himself.
I did not anticipate a tour of pleasure through Ireland, but the reality is more painful than I anticipated.
On the other hand, his feet are so cold from the artery being severed that they anticipate mortification.
Never anticipate the point or joke of any anecdote told in your presence.
But the event was such as even his sanguine spirit had scarcely ventured to anticipate.
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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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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