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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“The market is anticipating some of this economic strength and is anticipating growth from an earnings standpoint. A stable environment is kind of a low bar for earnings growth.”
From MarketWatch
Tisdale French, meanwhile, apparently anticipated this kind of speculation in reaction to the New York essay because she had experienced it after blogging about the same topic.
From Los Angeles Times
The estimate lands two days before the government’s official December jobs report, hotly anticipated by analysts and investors for evidence of whether the job market continued to cool in the home stretch of last year.
Many shoppers also anticipated bigger discounts to come during Black Friday and Thanksgiving.
From Los Angeles Times
The accompanying document alongside the talks, while lacking in detail, spells out the anticipated role of America, and crucially, the UK and others.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
