anticipate
Other forms: anticipated; anticipating; anticipates
To anticipate something is to be expecting it. Your dog might be waiting by the door, anticipating his next walk or squirrel chase.
"Anticipating something" also often implies that you are preparing to take some action because of your expectations — like when you anticipate your chess opponent's next move and plan a counterattack. The word anticipate can also mean "to come beforehand" — as in a certain musical trend anticipating another.
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regard something as probable or likely
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expect
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guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think
expect, believe, or suppose
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assume, presume, take for granted
take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
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conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize
believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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believe, trust
be confident about something
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construct, reconstruct, retrace
reassemble mentally
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presuppose, suppose
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
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suspect
hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
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develop, explicate, formulate
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
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beg the question
assume that the argument one is trying to prove is true, without arguing for it
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evaluate, judge, pass judgment
form a critical opinion of
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be excited or anxious about
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realize beforehand
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
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make a prediction about; tell in advance
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read
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
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outguess, second-guess
attempt to anticipate or predict
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augur
predict from an omen
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bet, wager
maintain with or as if with a bet
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calculate, forecast, project
predict in advance
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prophesy, vaticinate
predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
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scry
divine by gazing into crystals
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vaticinate
foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy
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enlighten, irradiate
give spiritual insight to; in religion
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be a forerunner of or occur earlier than“This composition anticipates Impressionism”
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come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
come to pass
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come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
/ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪt/
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Vocabulary lists containing anticipate
When middle schooler Pie Pennelli is told by the Byrd twins that his recent hockey game had exactly the same moves and score as the one they'd played on a toy the night before, he is unsure what to think about this possible magic.
Haunted by the memories of a fire that killed her parents, fifteen-year old Addy must lead her friends to safety after encountering a forest fire during a summer wilderness program.
On the ACT Reading Test, you'll encounter questions that ask you to determine the meanings of common words in context. We've identified 170 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence. Be careful! Several of a word's meanings might show up as answer choices — but only one answer will capture the meaning of the word in the context of the sentence.
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