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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“If that bust comes sooner than many people anticipate, the area of the market that is potentially punished the most would be the neoclouds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Oracle are not building AI infrastructure because they anticipate demand will materialize.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fitch expects the BOJ to wait until October and then to hike more quickly than markets anticipate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But you certainly, you never anticipate reaching the levels that this one has where people are just gaga for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
If I had been prepared, I would have been able to anticipate the onslaught, but now it is overwhelming and I feel like I’m suffocating.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
He anticipates that both will use their mobility to make plays if the pocket collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It anticipates $7.80 to $7.90 in earnings per share, while analysts were looking for $7.87 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
For the full year, Cisco anticipates $72.2 billion to $73.4 billion of revenue, also blowing past Wall Street expectations of $69.1 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said he anticipates that campaigns will more fully understand and use AI to its full extent in the next two election cycles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Turns out not using the number is harder than Jus anticipates, especially when he’s alone with nothing but memories of his homeboy.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
Analysts had anticipated a win for Farage but underestimated the appeal of the self-styled "intergalactic space warrior" from planet Sigma IX, who campaigns wearing a rubbish bin on his head.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The $3.3-billion endeavor is the most anticipated project in the airport’s $30-billion overhaul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
One thing the Reform UK leader could have anticipated is the cost.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
This is in line with the anticipated global volume growth expected by Maersk for 2026, the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She came upon it faster than she’d anticipated.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Not only that - I got up this morning anticipating being in the audience, on your behalf, for a Farage victory speech, here in Clacton, and then doing an interview him afterwards.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The data weighed on monetary policy expectations, with markets now anticipating no change to interest rates from the Federal Reserve at its next meeting, boosting the precious metal, the strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fans have been anticipating their doubles reunion since Serena announced her return to competitive tennis in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Overall, Miller is overweighting technology stocks in his portfolio, anticipating at least high-teens-percentage earnings growth in the next five to 10 years, but he is cognizant of risks in the sector.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
I hesitate at the door marked 307, anticipating the questions from my family.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
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