'anticipate' definitions:
Definition of 'anticipate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: expect, anticipate]
verb
verb
verb
Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise]
verb
verb
Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
Synonyms of 'anticipate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- announce,
- antecede,
- antedate,
- anticipation,
- apprehend,
- approach,
- avert,
- await,
- bar,
- be before,
- be destined,
- be early,
- be fated,
- be imminent,
- be to be,
- be to come,
- come,
- come before,
- come on,
- contemplate,
- count on,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- divine,
- draw near,
- draw on,
- dread,
- envisage,
- envision,
- estop,
- exclude,
- expect,
- expectation,
- face,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- forecast,
- foreclose,
- foreglimpse,
- foreknow,
- forerun,
- foresee,
- forestall,
- foretaste,
- foretell,
- get ahead of,
- go before,
- go off half-cocked,
- have in mind,
- help,
- herald,
- hope,
- intercept,
- jump the gun,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- lie ahead,
- look ahead,
- look beyond,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- look out for,
- loom,
- near,
- nullify,
- obviate,
- plan,
- plot,
- precede,
- preclude,
- precurse,
- predate,
- predict,
- preexist,
- prepare for,
- presage,
- presume,
- prevent,
- prevision,
- proclaim,
- prohibit,
- project,
- prophesy,
- reckon on,
- repel,
- rule out,
- save,
- see,
- see ahead,
- see beforehand,
- stave off,
- take for granted,
- think,
- threaten,
- turn aside,
- usher in,
- visualize,
- ward off,
- win the start