1
[ verb ] regard something as probable or likely

Synonyms

expect

Examples

"The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Ralph_Houk , successor to Casey_Stengel at the Yankee helm , plans to bring the entire New_York squad here from St._Petersburg , including Joe_Dimaggio and large crowds are anticipated for both weekend games .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Still , the network 's willingness to experiment in this musical field is to be commended , and future essays happily anticipated .

Even Joan_Sutherland may not have anticipated the tremendous reception she received from the Metropolitan_Opera audience attending her debut as Lucia in Donizetti 's `` Lucia_di_Lammermoor '' Sunday night .

2
[ verb ] act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Mr._McKinley , for all his sprawling and his easy familiarity , was completely alert to his son , eyes always on the still face , jumping to anticipate Scotty_'s desires .

Related terms

act obviation

3
[ verb ] realize beforehand

Used in print

(Newark Evening News...)

Mr._Mitchell had an excuse for losing - the steel strike lasted much longer than he anticipated .

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

In_that decade the partisan zeal to defend Mr._Hoover , and the party 's failure to anticipate or cope_with the depression , caused a great majority of Americans to see the Republican_party as cold and lacking in any sympathy for the problems of human_beings caught_up in the distress and suffering brought_on by the economic crash .

(Howard J. Parad, "Preventive casework: problems...)

The result , dramatically visible in a matter of days in the family 's disrupted daily functioning , was a phobic-like fear that some terrible harm would befall the second twin , whose birth had not been anticipated .

Related terms

know foresight

4
[ verb ] make a prediction about; tell in advance

Examples

"Call the outcome of an election"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

In method as_well_as in theme this little anecdote with its details selected as much for expressiveness and allegory as for `` realism '' , anticipates a kind of musical_composition , as_well as a kind of fictional composition , in which , as Leverku^hn says , `` there shall be nothing unthematic '' .

5
[ verb ] be excited or anxious about

Synonyms

look_for look_to

Used in print

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

It poured out of him like an electric_current , a feeling that the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action , and that that action would be all that he anticipated .

Related terms

expect apprehend

6
[ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

Examples

"This composition anticipates Impressionism"

7
[ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in

Examples

: "This composition anticipates Impressionism"

Used in print

(Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)

As first Chief_Justice , his strong nationalist opinions anticipated John_Marshall .

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