anticipate
pronunciation
How to pronounce anticipate in British English:
UK [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt]
How to pronounce anticipate in American English:
US [ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt]
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- Verb:
- regard something as probable or likely
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
- realize beforehand
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- be excited or anxious about
- be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
Word Origin
- anticipate (v.)
- 1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation, or else from Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante) + capere "to take" (see capable). Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "expect, look forward to" since 1749, but anticipate has an element of "prepare for, forestall" that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. Related: Anticipated; anticipating.
Example
- 1. How long do you anticipate living in your next home ?
- 2. Bear markets anticipate and price in economic contractions .
- 3. I don 't anticipate anything unusual on december 21 .
- 4. Markets rarely anticipate this kind of non-linear growth .
- 5. Can you anticipate when your symptoms are coming on ?