anticipate
Usage
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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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With a successful domestic industry facing competition from abroad, you might anticipate calls for the government to provide financial support.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Christine Idzelis compared this year’s jump in yields with previous periods of bond-market turmoil and considered whether bond investors are overshooting the mark as they anticipate further interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“The enhancements we made this quarter supported sales conversion, and we anticipate further gains over time,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Did he anticipate Dr. Harry Edwards being co-opted by the 49ers, Ray Lewis by the Ravens, and the players’ coalition by team owners?
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
And for me to be patient was made easier by the fact that I could anticipate soon seeing and perhaps meeting the man who was called “The Messenger,” Elijah Muhammad himself.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Gawrelski anticipates a near-term hit to Meta’s earnings due to litigation costs and a ramp-up of infrastructure spending to support Muse’s product trajectory.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
GEO Group said it anticipates receiving $705 million in proceeds from the sales, after taxes and transaction fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Miljand, the Metaplanet managing partner, has been trying to figure out how to use the proceeds the firm anticipates from an Anthropic IPO that could top $2 trillion in support of humanity, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He anticipates intense interest in artificial intelligence and the infrastructure behind it, particularly data centers.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
When asked what she expects of her time in Louisiana, she gives the same answer, again and again: She anticipates she will only be there for two years.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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But the Conservatives' opponents, even before this speech, were already looking forward to the argument they anticipated after it.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The New York-headquartered Apollo Global Management is anticipated to lead the deal, which is expected to close in 2027, the people said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted per-share earnings were 48 cents, ahead of the 36 cents anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
To be sure, there is always a chance that El Niño may not have the anticipated impact on Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It is not clear how much Randall had anticipated future collisions when he suggested a project to Franklin.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Markets weren’t fully anticipating how aggressive the Fed’s 2022 hiking cycle turned out to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The World Bank warned that Nepal needs to build a hydropower system capable of anticipating, absorbing and recovering from increasingly complex Himalayan hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
"I have been quite explicit to say there is unlikely to be a legacy because I'm anticipating spending it all."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
While he expects more economists to start talking about recession risks in the months ahead, he isn’t anticipating the U.S. to go full “hamburger to Hamburger Helper” and tip into a recession.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
A whole generation of teens was anticipating having to become soldiers.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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