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 company continues to anticipate same-store sales to be up 2.2% to 2.7%, and for net sales growth of 3.7% to 4.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“We anticipate more of these bouts of bravado to dictate the region for a while as both sides claim they are winning and neither is willing to be seen as disadvantaged,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
So the reigning NFL most valuable player can easily anticipate, recognize and digest why moves — on or off the field — are made.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
The company acknowledged that some demand was pulled forward to the first half of the year as customers anticipate higher prices.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
“No one expected Category Six hurricanes. They didn’t have city killers then. The climate changed. The weather shifted. They did not anticipate well.”
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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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