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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While the Wirths’ 15-stop odyssey may represent an extreme, many lacked either the opportunity or desire to lay down new roots while anticipating a return to what they consider their real home.
From Los Angeles Times
Treasury yields fell across maturities in Asian trade, as markets continued to anticipate interest-rate cuts by the Fed this year after data showed deceleration in January inflation data Friday.
Confidence among German investors fell unexpectedly this month, highlighting the fragile nature of an anticipated rebound in Europe’s largest economy this year.
The cool reading gave investors reason to believe that Fed rate cuts may come sooner than previously anticipated, sparking renewed sentiment for risk-on assets such as cryptocurrencies.
From Barron's
Concerns around London’s attractiveness to foreign companies looking to go public were heightened last year after Chinese fast-fashion company Shein backed out of a hotly anticipated initial public offering in London.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
