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anticipate English

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anticipate Verb

— If you anticipate something, you think or do something about it before it happens. The seasonal changes in temperature are anticipated by birds through the changes of day length. The airport will be expanded to meet anticipated growth in air traffic. We do not anticipate any major problems with the new system.

anticipate

— verb (= expect) regard something as probable or likely The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow — verb act in advance of; deal with ahead of time — verb realize beforehand — verb (= call) make a prediction about; tell in advance Call the outcome of an election — verb be excited or anxious about — verb be a forerunner of or occur earlier than This composition anticipates Impressionism

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expect foresee forestall predict hope forecast foretell await look forward to precede guess wait prognosticate forebode call promise look for wish wait for prevent go before estimate think surmise previse presume look to foreknow envision think ahead prophesy overtake outwit outguess obviate move forward look forward lead imagine head expectation envisage counter contemplate conjecture circumvent apprehend advance yearn waylay

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Simple sentences

What results do you anticipate?
I anticipate that there will be trouble.
We didn't anticipate their buying a new car.
We all anticipate seeing you next weekend.
I anticipate that there will be problems on their expedition.
We anticipate success.
I couldn't anticipate that that would happen.
Tom didn't anticipate that would happen.
We anticipate a heavy rainfall tomorrow.
A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell and make you eagerly anticipate the trip.
Hit the brakes, darling. We should test our feelings. We don't know each other well enough, I'm not used to anticipate the events.
It was very hard to anticipate how Tom would react to this news.
Tom did something I didn't anticipate.
Tom didn't anticipate that it would be a problem.

Movie subtitles

See if you can anticipate my blows.
My job is to anticipate, and that's what I'm doing.
He's taking a route those raiders will never anticipate.
But I could, and I'm the only one who could, because I can anticipate him, figure out his next move and catch him with his hand in the jewel case.
What sort of casualties do you anticipate, sir?
It'll be our last get-together, as I don't anticipate any future regimental reunions.
And nobody is going to anticipate us.
No matter what the circumstances, always anticipate the unexpected.
Oh, well, I don't anticipate any trouble.
It's an unknown disease, we can't anticipate the effects.
Now, do let me anticipate your next question.
I anticipate another ten minutes of life.
I anticipate another 10 minutes of life.
We anticipate only a short delay.
I didn't anticipate this pleasure so soon.
Thank you. Perhaps one of the secrets of victory. is making your enemy anticipate defeat, don't you agree?
I anticipate superb offspring. And I'm going to be a little greedy about them.
Do you anticipate any decline now?
We are now dealing with a sane and adult scientist, and I anticipate no difficulties.
Oh, but I could, and I'm the only one who could. because I can anticipate him, try to figure out his next move. and then get there ahead of him. and catch him with his hand right in the jewel case.
This time, I'll take things into my hands. And nobody is going to anticipate us.
We anticipate an excellent result. Good.
Well, let's not anticipate trouble.
Now, don't let's anticipate disaster!
No matter what, always anticipate the unexpected.
Awaken the brain anticipate pain then every touch, sight, sound becomes exaggerated.
Well, as I was saying, I have this certain ability to anticipate trouble, a kind of sixth sense.
We didn't anticipate this. How did it happen?
We didn't anticipate this.
But I could. and I'm the only one who could, because I can anticipate him, try to figure out his next move and then catch him with his hand in the jewel case.
To anticipate what'll come up.
I didn't anticipate your order.
If so desired, hunt him soon, Cotolay, lest Dimo anticipate.
Commissioner, Starfleet Command may not arrive at the solution you anticipate.
This year we anticipate 10,000 writings for Mao, 500 for Trotsky about ten in favour of Amendola and about 500 for Stalin.
Don't anticipate my wishes!
When do you anticipate your next bout?
We anticipate scanning in about four and a half minutes.

News and current affairs

But, first, they must anticipate the associated financing requirements, which will soon surpass the current capacities of governments and international donors, and take action now to activate new, reliable sources of financing.
One can anticipate the Republicans, now in control of the House of Representatives, exploiting their ability to convene hearings to question and review foreign policy.
If the ICC's indictment now causes them discomfort, that is only because they did not anticipate that the Court would carry out the responsibilities that they themselves assigned to it.
The IMF has dodged responsibility for far more serious forecasting errors, including its failure to anticipate every major crisis of the last generation, from Mexico in 1994-1995 to the near-collapse of the global financial system in 2008.
Though only a miniature version of America's imperial predicament, Britain's current policy, as its new prime minister, Gordon Brown, is defining it, may anticipate the direction taken by the next American president.
Many anticipate that China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) will speed these trends along and may even precipitate fundamental and legal political change.
Although forward momentum will be slower than many anticipate, the changes exacted by WTO membership will be profound because China's future will be dictated or determined more than ever before by factors beyond Beijing's control.
Companies using toxic materials want to anticipate which workers may be genetically sensitive to toxic exposure.
Observers anticipate that ECB President Mario Draghi and his colleagues will finally cross the Rubicon and announce the launch of a large-scale program of quantitative easing (QE) - in other words, high-volume purchases of government bonds.
Beyond the extension of these twentieth-century technologies, we can also anticipate a new set of transformational industries - as yet nameless - as we advance into the new millennium.
Doing so enables companies to anticipate the financial consequences of future government regulations and taxation.
Finally, while this election was expected to usher in a new generation of politicians, few were prepared to anticipate the peaceful political tsunami that a Bayrou victory would bring.
But we anticipate that, faced with cake tomorrow, our desire for that rich chocolate texture will distort our reasoning so that we might convince ourselves that putting on just a little more weight doesn't really matter all that much.
There is a critical need to anticipate coming technological changes and provide the global workforce with the education and skills needed to participate in the modern labor market.
Instead, they tend to anticipate the endgame, or at least one potential scenario, namely the unraveling of the entire crisis-containment structure.
The two parties' hardline stances anticipate the upcoming congressional and presidential elections in November 2012.
There are several reasons to anticipate modest improvement in 2013, although, as usual, there are downside risks.
The Council, meanwhile, appears to anticipate the European Parliament's future upper house, with the lower house already elected by all EU citizens.
Because monetary policy operates with lags, central banks must avoid fixating on the here and now, and instead use imperfect forecasts to anticipate the future effects of their decisions.
Mothers, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, and later girlfriends, wives, and daughters are expected to fulfill--even anticipate--a man's every desire.
AI cannot integrate information about seemingly distinct processes, such as chemical, physiological, and psychological events, or anticipate novel outcomes.
But American nonproliferation experts do not anticipate progress on South Korea's efforts to win support for its preferred policies until the US gains more leverage.
You can, however, succeed in tickling yourself through an intermediary - a machine, for instance, that translates the movements of your fingers into sensations on the skin by a method indirect enough for the cerebellum to be unable to anticipate them.

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