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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Given the repeating pattern of concealed pregnancies and child removals in the family, the authorities should have anticipated another pregnancy was likely, the review found.
From BBC
The dollar held higher against other currencies after data released Wednesday showed more jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January than investors anticipated.
A consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal anticipated a stronger rise of 0.2%.
Graham Kerr said he anticipates the government-led stockpile—announced earlier this month and called Project Vault—will prioritize metals that have opaque markets and need price support to underpin new projects.
Their highly anticipated Hanoi summit in 2019 collapsed over differences about what Pyongyang would get in return for giving up its nuclear weapons.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
