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anticipate
(/&/n't/I/s/@/,p/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • regard something as probable or likely(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    expect
    source: wordnet30
  • act in advance of; deal with ahead of time(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • realize beforehand(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • make a prediction about; tell in advance(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • be excited or anxious about(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    look for, look to
    source: wordnet30
  • be a forerunner of or occur earlier than(verb.change)
    Example:
    This composition anticipates Impressionism.
    source: wordnet30
  • To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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