anticipate
Usage
What are other ways to say anticipate?
To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? To expect something implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. To await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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“We anticipate a modest check uplift but limited traffic benefit for MCD,” RBC analyst Logan Reich said in a note last week.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
“I didn’t anticipate the magnitude of those headwinds because … as time went by, those headwinds were created by misperceptions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
OTTAWA—The Canadian Real Estate Association sharply downgraded its sales forecast for the remainder of 2026, with mortgage rates headed higher as bond traders anticipate an acceleration in inflation from the war in Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Analysts anticipate Netflix will report first-quarter adjusted earnings of 76 cents per share on $12.2 billion in revenue.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Oh dear, didn’t I just get through telling you I didn’t want to anticipate events?
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
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