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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Analysts anticipate stimulus policies from the Two Sessions, with leaders saying in October they would "work toward improving living standards while increasing consumer spending".
From Barron's
If all goes as anticipated and the market rallies, the call spread proves profitable, and the money received for selling the put is kept.
From Barron's
If all goes as anticipated and the market rallies, the call spread proves profitable, and the money received for selling the put is kept.
From Barron's
The tire maker anticipates growth despite continuing challenges from tariffs and currency headwinds.
Revenue in the second half of the year is anticipated to be higher than in the first, it added.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
