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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Now a big chunk of OpenAI’s anticipated funding is in doubt.
State lawmakers anticipate the process could be legalized as soon as this year.
We were correct in anticipating that Amphenol would post consistent sales and profit growth on the back of strategic acquisitions, and that its data center business would boom.
From Barron's
Had they anticipated such a large, lateral blast, the roadblock never would’ve been set up the same way.
From Literature
They anticipate paying a quarterly dividend of 31.5 cents a share.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
