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- [an-tis-uh-puh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- /ænˈtɪs ə pəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
- /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtərɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [an-tis-uh-puh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- /ænˈtɪs ə pəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
Definitions of anticipatory word
- adjective anticipatory An anticipatory feeling or action is one that you have or do because you are expecting something to happen soon. 3
- adjective anticipatory anticipating; of or expressing anticipation 3
- adjective anticipatory of, showing, or expressing anticipation. 1
- noun anticipatory Happening, performed, or felt in anticipation of something. 1
- adjective anticipatory expectant or pre-emptive 1
- adjective anticipatory beforehand 1
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Origin of anticipatory
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70; anticipate + -ory1
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Parts of speech for Anticipatory
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
anticipatory popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for anticipatory
adj anticipatory
- anticipant — operating in advance; expectant; anticipating
- anticipative — inclined to anticipate; of or full of anticipation
- awaiting — waiting
- hopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- anticipating — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
adjective anticipatory
- preventive — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- defensive — You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- deterrent — A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
adverb anticipatory
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- on the dot — a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- in time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in good time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- bright and early — very early in the morning
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