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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The National Election Commission apologised after 14 polling stations in Seoul ran out of ballot papers in an unprecedented mishap blamed on a failure to anticipate turnout.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Traders in the overnight-index swap market now anticipate a single quarter-point Bank of Canada rate increase by end of the 2026, as opposed to at least two rate increases that were priced in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“This process will take several years, and I do not anticipate it having any impact on the projects underway or the location of the facilities,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
"I anticipate that in the next couple of weeks, I'll return to voting and to the campaign trail."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
It made him feel stupid, as if the world contained hidden wonders he could not anticipate, or see.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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