Anticipate

Definition: Anticipate

Anticipate

Verb

1. Regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow".

2. Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.

3. Realize beforehand.

4. Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election".

5. Be excited or anxious about.

6. Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in: "This composition anticipates Impressionism".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "anticipate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Note: Anticipate \An*tic"i*pate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Anticipated; present participle verb or noun Anticipating.]. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Anticipate

Anachronism

Verb: misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize.

Earliness

Verb: be early; Adjective:, be beforehand; adVerb: keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start; steal a march upon; gain time, draw on futurity; bespeak, secure, engage, preengage.

Expectation

Verb: expect; look for, look out for, look forward to; hope for; anticipate; have in prospect, have in contemplation; keep in view; contemplate, promise oneself; not wonder; at, not wonder if.

Foresight

Anticipate; expect; be beforehand; (early); predict; foreknow, forejudge, forecast; presurmise; have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance; respicere finem; keep a sharp lookout; (vigilance); forewarn.

Futurity

Verb: look forwards; anticipate; (expect), (foresee); forestall; (be early).

Hope

Hope for; (desire); anticipate.

Preparation

Be prepared, be ready; Adjective:; hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry; lie in wait for; (expect); anticipate; (foresee); principiis obstare; veniente occurrere morbo.

Priority

Be beforehand; (be early); steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start.

Crosswords: Anticipate

Boon, I anticipate a deeply religious experience (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney)

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Books

• Creating a Market-Sensitive Culture: Anticipate Change, ACT Fast, Do It Today (reference)

• Growing Ventures Can Anticipate Marketing Stages (reference)

• How to Anticipate and Capitalize on Innovation [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• How to anticipate the business future without the use of computers (reference)

• Out of the Blue: Wild Cards and Other Big Future Surprises: How to Anticipate and Respond to Profound Change (reference)

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It were well, he said, to be there early, and anticipate certain indistinct but wholly unjust claims on the score of ground rent and fuel

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Health

In fact, you might want to help them anticipate questions or comments and discuss possible answers. (references)

These techniques teach the child to anticipate the need to urinate and prevent urination when away from a toilet. (references)

We anticipate particular interest from providers of services to the older people including area agencies on aging, senior centers, and nursing homes. (references)

Business

Leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) anticipate a growing demand for additional Internet connectivity via satellite. (references)

Marketing specialists anticipate that within the next two to five years that 80 per cent of new subscribers will be private users. (references)

The increase in the production capacity is aimed at boosting exports to anticipate a downturn in the domestic market demand for dyestuff. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Both sides anticipate approval and implementation of the BTA will be forthcoming in the near future. (references)

Ukraine

No Spectrum Expansion: The leaders in the MC operators race didn't anticipate such rapid growth in the number of customers. (references)

Czech Rep

Government officials anticipate a steady inflow of FDI, and the first quarter of 2001 FDI inflow of $1 billion confirms this trend. (references)

Political Economy

CHINA

While foreign businesses selling goods into China at times have benefited from lower import duty rates, lack of uniformity made it difficult to anticipate in advance what the applied duty would be. The scale of the smuggling problem itself is illustrated by the continuing prosecution of China's largest ever smuggling case, in which $US 10 billion in automobiles, oil, and other goods was imported illegally. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Relations between the Czech Republic and the EU are currently governed by an EU association agreement signed in 1991. Detailed accession negotiations began in November 1998. Even though the Czech government is striving for full EU membership by end 2003, most observers do not anticipate that will be achieved prior to 2004 or 2005. As part of the EU accession process, many of the Czech Republic's regulatory policies and practices are being harmonized with EU norms. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

When staging promotional events or product demonstrations, one must anticipate these prayer breaks. (references)

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Expressions using "anticipate": anticipate a pleasant vacation ♦ anticipate a request ♦ anticipate payment ♦ anticipate smb.'s wishes. Additional references.

Ending with "anticipate": over-anticipate.

Afrikaans

antisipeer (think, think ahead). (various references)

Albanian

pres (amputate, await, be asking for, be expecting, be on the watch, be waiting, bide, buck, chop, clip, coin, cut, cut away, cut open, detruncate, disforest, dissect, entertain, expect, exscind, fell, hew, host, knife, look for, look forward to, mince, mint, Nick, notch, obtruncate, poll, prune, screw, section, sever, shut off, sit on the fence, slash, slot, snip, take, Tarry, undercut, wait, ween, whack), parashikoj (adumbrate, contemplate, divine, dope, envision, forecast, foresee, foretaste, look forward to, predict, previse, prognosticate, time, visualize), përshpejtoj (accelerate, precipitate), ia kaloj (distance, do, fare, hand down, outclass, outdo, outrange, outrank, outrun, outstrip, overbalance, overmatch, overshoot, refer, surpass, turn over), bëj më përpara. (various references)

Arabic 

‏توقع (anticipation, await, contemplate, expect, expectancy, expectation, foresee, look forward to, presage, wait), ‏سبق غيره, ‏عجل (accelerate, advance, bicker, bullock, calf, dash, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, precipitate, run, speed, speed up, tire, veal), ‏إستعمل (bestow, employ, ply, spend, use), ‏إستبق, ‏أحبط (balk, block, check, damp, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, nullify, ruin, scotch, scuttle, torpedo), ‏دفع (actuate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references)

Bulgarian 

очаквам (abide, apprehend, await, contemplate, envisage, expect, hope, wait, watch, ween), предчувствувам (divine, feel, forebode, presage, prevision, sense), изхарчвам предварително, изпреварвам (forestall, get ahead of, head, lap, outrun, outsail, outstrip, pull ahead). (various references)

Chinese 

� �知 (foresee), � �料 , 期望 (Anticipated, Anticipating, expect, Expectation, Expected, Expecting). (various references)

Czech

anticipovat, poèítat (calculate, charge, compute, count, number, numerate, reckon, rely on, tally), předvídat (divine, foresee, smell, think ahead), předjímat (preconceive), předejít (forestall, preclude, prevent, stop, ward off), předbíhat, oèekávat (await, be expecting, expect, look forward to, think, visualize). (various references)

Danish

at tage højde for skaftets udvidelse (to anticipate the stretching of the upper), maaling af kapaciteten ved omvendt forspaending er noedvendig for at forudbestemme gennemslagsspaendingen (capacity under inverse operation must be measured in order to anticipate the avalanche voltage). (various references)

Dutch

prejudiciëren (think ahead), anticiperen (think ahead). (various references)

Esperanto

anticipi (think ahead). (various references)

Finnish

arvata (foresee, guess, surmise), aavistaa (foresee, guess, have a feeling, have a presentiment, suspect), odottaa ennakolta (expect), ennakoida (foreshadow). (various references)

French

anticiper. (various references)

German

vorwegnehmen (think ahead, to anticipate), erwarten (abide, abode, await, bargain for, expect, look for, to anticipate, to await, to bide, to estimate, to expect, visualize, wait, wait for). (various references)

Greek 

προλαμβάνω (forestall, obviate, prevent). (various references)

Hebrew 

לק�"ום (come before, have priority over, precede), ל�"ק�"ים (precede, preempt, preface). (various references)

Hungarian

anticipál, elõrebocsát, elébe vág (outmatch, to forestall), elõbbre hoz, elõre érez, elõre jelez (forebode, foretoken, Herald), elõre lát (envisage, forecast, foresee, previse), elõre megfontol (premeditate), számít (calculate, reckon, to count, to depend upon sg, to matter, to reckon), idõ elõtt megtesz, korábbra tesz, megérez (felt, perceive, sense, to anticipate, to feel, to perceive, to presage), megelõz (forego, forestall, gain on, gain upon, obviate, outdistance, outstrip, overtake, pass, precede, prelude, prevent), sejtet (foreshadow, imply, to adumbrate, to bode, to foreshadow, to imply, to intimate), siettet (accelerate, bustle, expedite, hasten, hurry, hurry up, press on, to accelerate, to antedate, to anticipate, to be not slow to, to expedite, to precipitate, to press forward, to press on, urge), elõre mérlegel. (various references)

Indonesian

antisipir, mengharapkan (count on, expect, hope), mengantisipasi. (various references)

Italian

anticipare (advance, antedate, be ahead of time, come early, disclose, divulge, forestall, pre empt, put forward, think, think ahead). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

見込む (to anticipate, to estimate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもいもうける (to anticipate, to expect), まちもうける (to anticipate, to expect, to look for, to look forward to, to wait for), さき�"ずる (to anticipate, to forestall, to go before, to precede), さき�"じる (to anticipate, to forestall, to precede), み�"す (to anticipate, to foresee), み�"む (to anticipate, to estimate), � しぬく (to anticipate, to circumvent, to forestall, to jump the gun on, to outwit, to steal a march on). (various references)

Korean 

예기하십시�" (expect). (various references)

Manx

bee rolaue. (various references)

Norwegian

forutse (foresee), foregripe (encroach). (various references)

Pig Latin

anticipateay.(various references)

Portuguese

apressar (accelerate, bustle, expedite, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, press, quicken, rush, speed, urge), antever (foresee, previse), antepor-se, antecipe, antecipar (antedate, haste, hasten, look forward, prevent, think ahead), premeditar (premeditate), esperar (abide, await, bide, expect, hang on, hope, look forward, wait, wait for), contar com (confide, count on, rely). (various references)

Romanian

anticipa (antedate, forestall, look for, prefigure, prophesy), satisface dinainte, prevedea (envisage, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gauge, look for, provide, provide that, stipulate), grãbi (accelerate, bustle, expedite, force, forward, hasten, hurry, hustle, mend one's pace, precipitate, press, push, push on, quicken, rush, smarten up, speed, spur, wing), folosi (affect, apply, avail, benefit, boot, dispose, employ, impress, make use of, occupy, practise, put forth, seize, stand smb. in good stead, turn to account, use, utilize, wield), bãnui (conjecture, distrust, doubt, feel, foreknow, foresee, guess, imagine, mistrust, presume, smoke, sniff, suppose, surmise, suspect, think), întrece (beat, better, compete, distance, exceed, head, match, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstep, outstrip, outvie, overbear, overhaul, overtake, pass, precede, predominate, surpass, top, vie). (various references)

Russian 

ожидать (await, awaited, awaits, bargain for, be waiting, expect, waited, watch for), опережать (advance, get the foot, leave behind, outpace, outran, outrun, outstrip, pass ahead), предвосхищать (antedate), предвидеть (forecast, foreknew, foreknow, foreknown, foresaw, foresee, foreseen, previse), предполагать (assume, be supposed to, conjecture, expect, guess, imagine, presume, presuming, presuppose, suppose, supposes, supposing, surmise, understand), использовать заранее. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

preduhitriti (advance, forestall, obviate), očekivati (await, expect, look for, watch), naslutiti (sense). (various references)

Spanish

anticipe, anticiparse a (forestall, get ahead of), anticiparse (foretell), adelantarse a (forestall, foretaste, lose, outstrip, preempt), adelantar (advance, bring forward, farther, forego, further, outdistance, outgo, outmarch, outride, outwalk, overhaul, overtake, pass, put forward, put on, set forward, shift, to pass), salir al paso de, prometerse (expect, look forward to, promise oneself), prever (call for, envisage, forecast, foreknow, foreknowledge, foresee, foreshadow, previse, set down), gastar de antemano, esperar (abide, await, bargain for, bide, due, expect, foresee, hang about, hang around, hang on, hold off, hold on, hope, look, look for, look out for, stand about, stand around, stay, stay for, Tarry, think, trust, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, watch). (various references)

Swedish

förutse (envisage, envision, forecast, foresee, previse), förekomma (be found, exist, figure, forestall, frustrate, occour, occur, prevent). (various references)

Turkish

ummak (bargain for, expect, have smth. in prospect, hope, look, look for, promise oneself smth., trust), tahmin etmek (calculate, cast off, conjecture, divine, dope, dope out, estimate, extrapolate, forecast, guess, judge, presume, put down, suppose, surmise, take stock of), sezmek (antedate, be sensible of, detect, discern, divine, feel, guess, have a scent for smth., intuit, perceive, rumble, scent, see, sense, smell, sniff, taste blood), söylenmeden yapmak, geleceği görmek (foresee), beklemek (abide, await, bargain for, bide, expect, hang about, hang around, hang on, have smth. in prospect, hold on, hope, look for, look forward to, mark time, stand by, stay, Tarry, wait, wait for, watch), önceden yapmak (forestall), önceden görmek (foresee, presage), önce davranmak (forestall, precede, take precedence of). (various references)

Ukrainian

сподіватися (expect, hope, look for, rely, trust), робити достроково, відвертати (abstract, alienate, amuse, avert, award, head off, preclude, prevent, turn away, ward), очікувати (abide, bide, hope, wait, wait about, wait around, watch), наближати (advance, appropinquate, approximate), запобігати (avert, forestall, safeguard), прискорювати (accelerate, advance, expedite, forward, hasten, hurry, precipitate, push, rattle through, speed, speed up, streamline, swiften), побоюватися (fear), передчувати (apprehend, bode, forebode, foreshadow, foretaste, hope, presage, suspect), передбачати (allow for, apprehend, cover, divine, envisage, envision, forecast, foresee, presage, previse, prognosticate, provide). (various references)

Welsh

achub y blaen (forestall), rhagflaenu (forestall, precede), disgwyl (bide, expect, look, wait). (various references)

anteibit, anticipaverunt, anticipemus, anticipent, expecta, expectabam, expectabamus, expectabant, expectabat, expectabis, expectabitis, expectabo, expectabunt, expectamus, expectans, expectant, expectante, expectantem, expectantes, expectantesque, expectantibus, expectantium, expectare, expectarent, expectaret, expectat, expectate, expectatis, expectaverunt, expectavi, expectavimus, expectavit, expectavitque, expectemus, expectet, expecto, praeceperam, praeceperas, praeceperat, praeceperis, praeceperit, praecepero, praeceperunt, praeceperuntque, praecepi, praecepimus, praecepique, praecepisse, praecepisset, praecepisti, praecepit, praecepitque, praecepta, praecepti, praeceptis, praecepto, praeceptorum, praeceptum, praecepturus, praecipe, praeciperent, praecipiam, praecipiat, praecipiebat, praecipiendo, praecipiendum, praecipiens, praecipiente, praecipientes, praecipientium, praecipies, praecipiet, praecipio, praecipio, precipio, praecipis, praecipit, praecucurrit, praecurre, praecurrens, praecursum, praefero, praefero, prefero, praeoccupa, praeoccupat, praeoccupata, praeoccupatus, praeoccupaverunt, praeoccupavi, praeoccupavit, praeoccupemus, praevenio, praevenio; prevenio, reexpecta. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "anticipate": anticipated, anticipates. (additional references)

Words containing "anticipate": unanticipated, unanticipatedly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Anticipate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aniticipate, anticapate, anticipat, anticipatd. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: actiniae, apatetic, capitate, pancetta, patinate, pittance.

-3 letters: actinia, apatite, captain, nictate, patient, patinae, picante, tetanic, titania, titanic.

-4 letters: acetin, apneic, attain, canape, capita, captan, catena, catnap, catnip, cattie, centai, enatic, incept, incite, intact, pantie, patent, patina, patine, patten, pattie, pectin, pianic, pinata, pineta, pinite, taenia, taipan, tapeta, tiepin, tipcat, titian.

-5 letters: aceta, acini, actin.

+1 letter: anticipated, anticipates.

+2 letters: antiparticle, antipathetic, decapitating, decapitation, incapacitate, pancreatitis.

+3 letters: anticipatable, antiparticles, decapitations, incapacitated, incapacitates, pantheistical, paternalistic, unanticipated.

+4 letters: antineoplastic, antiseptically, pancreatitides, recapitulating, recapitulation.

+5 letters: antispeculation, antispeculative, emancipationist, malpractitioner, pantheistically, recapitulations, unacceptability, unanticipatedly.