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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They invest time in them, anticipating they will remain with the company after high-school graduation.
The model repeatedly engages in a process called “next-token prediction,” where it learns to anticipate the most probable next word in a sequence.
From MarketWatch
"It felt like a step backwards and it was much harder than I anticipated going back to a lifestyle I thought I'd left behind - it felt like it was never going to end."
From BBC
The two theater greats are joined by Sinclair Daniel, who plays Parker, the agent who has to anticipate Alexander’s every move and be the puppet-master in his head when the situation grows sticky.
Because a winning bid always anticipates more oil than the average of all the other firms’ predictions, and that average tends to be more accurate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
