anticipate
Meaning of anticipate
- regard as probable; expect or predict.
she anticipated scorn on her return to the theatre
it was anticipated that the rains would slow the military campaign
- act as a forerunner or precursor of.
he anticipated Bates's theories on mimicry and protective coloration
mid 16th century (in the senses ‘to take something into consideration’, ‘mention something before the proper time’): from Latin anticipat- ‘acted in advance’, from anticipare, based on ante- ‘before’ + capere ‘take’.
Information about anticipate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of anticipate is: anticipates.
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Hyphenation of anticipate
an-tic-i-pate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- anticipate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
anticipate synonyms
Meaning expect:
Meaning foresee:
Meaning previse:
Meaning predict:
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise
Meaning predict or estimate (a future event or trend):
Meaning say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future:
Meaning arrest (someone) for a crime:
Meaning be a warning or indication of (a future event):
Meaning come before (something) in time:
Meaning precede in time; come before (something) in date:
Translation of anticipate
- Spanish: esperar, anticipar, prever, predecir, pronosticar
- Portuguese: esperar, antecipar, predizer, prognosticar
- German: erwarten, ausgehen, vorwegnehmen, vorhersagen, voraussagen, prognostizieren
- Italian: aspettare, aspettarsi, anticipare, predire, pronosticare
- French: escompter, anticiper, prévoir, prédire, pronostiquer
Words that rhyme with anticipate
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