anticipate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
2. (transitive) To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
3. (transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
4. (transitive) To eagerly wait for (something)

Synonyms

expect

foresee

forestall

predict

hope

forecast

await

foretell

look forward to

precede

guess

wait

forebode

call

prognosticate

promise

look for

wish

go before

estimate

wait for

prevent

previse

foreknow

think

🤔

envision

presume

look to

surmise

conjecture

circumvent

expectation

imagine

apprehend

think ahead

envisage

outwit

outguess

overtake

prophesy

head

look forward

move forward

counter

lead

contemplate

advance

obviate

foreshow

conceive

Translations

anticiper

anticipar

anticipare

prévoir

antizipieren

erwarten

vorwegnehmen

προβλέπω

antecipar

prever

zuvorkommen

vorgreifen

prevedere

verwachten

precorrere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anticipātus, perfect passive participle of anticipō (“to anticipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ante- (“before”), + capiō (“to take”, cip- when prefixed) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See capable.