ALL meanings of anticipate
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A a - verb anticipate If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. 3
- verb anticipate If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs. 3
- verb anticipate If you anticipate something, you do it, think it, or say it before someone else does. 3
- verb anticipate to foresee and act in advance of 3
- verb anticipate to thwart by acting in advance of; forestall 3
- verb anticipate to mention (something) before its proper time 3
- verb anticipate to regard as likely; expect; foresee 3
- verb anticipate to make use of in advance of possession 3
- verb anticipate to pay (a bill, etc) before it falls due 3
- verb anticipate to cause to happen sooner 3
- verb transitive anticipate to look forward to; expect 3
- verb transitive anticipate to make happen earlier; precipitate 3
- verb transitive anticipate to prevent by action in advance; forestall 3
- verb transitive anticipate to foresee (a command, wish, etc.) and perform in advance 3
- verb transitive anticipate to use or enjoy in advance 3
- verb transitive anticipate to be ahead of in doing or achieving 3
- verb transitive anticipate to pay (a debt) before due 3
- intransitive verb anticipate to speak of or consider a matter prematurely 3
- noun anticipate Regard as probable; expect or predict. 1
- noun anticipate Despite claims that anticipate should only be used to mean “to perform (an action) or respond to (a question, etc.) in advance” or “to forestall,” it has been used widely since the 18th century as a synonym for expect, often with an implication of pleasure: We anticipate a large turnout at the next meeting. This use is standard in all types of speech and writing. 1
- verb with object anticipate to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure. 1
- verb with object anticipate to expect; look forward to; be sure of: to anticipate a favorable decision. 1
- verb with object anticipate to perform (an action) before another has had time to act. 1
- verb with object anticipate to answer (a question), obey (a command), or satisfy (a request) before it is made: He anticipated each of my orders. 1
- verb with object anticipate to nullify, prevent, or forestall by taking countermeasures in advance: to anticipate a military attack. 1
- verb with object anticipate to consider or mention before the proper time: to anticipate more difficult questions. 1
- verb with object anticipate to be before (another) in doing, thinking, achieving, etc.: Many modern inventions were anticipated by Leonardo da Vinci. 1
- verb with object anticipate Finance. to expend (funds) before they are legitimately available for use. to discharge (an obligation) before it is due. 1
- verb without object anticipate to think, speak, act, or feel an emotional response in advance. 1
- transitive verb anticipate expect 1
- verbal expression anticipate expect to do 1
- transitive verb anticipate act to pre-empt 1
- transitive verb anticipate with clause: expect 1
- transitive verb anticipate do sth before requested or ordered 1
- verb anticipate (Transitive Verb) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action. 0
- verb anticipate to take up or introduce (something) prematurely. 0
- verb anticipate to know of (something) before it happens; to expect. 0
- verb anticipate to eagerly wait for (something). 0