anticipate
Usage
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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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Layoffs can be difficult to anticipate, with pink slips now popping up in a 6 a.m. email.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
“This tragedy underscores the responsibility employers have to anticipate hazards and take meaningful steps to protect workers, especially in high-risk operations involving explosive materials,” Cal/OSHA spokeswoman Denisse Gomez said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Of course, Weedbrook and the rest of the Xanadu team couldn’t anticipate the present-day market conditions.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The analysts say their forecast for Novartis’s quarterly sales of $13.3 billion is in line with consensus estimates, but they anticipate worse generic pressure and the recently closed Avidity deal to dilute margins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It was not unreasonable for him to anticipate his own death— he had been ill for so long, and the doctors could not figure out what was wrong with him.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
