| VERB | cognition | anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely |
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| social | anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter | act in advance of | |
| cognition | anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee | realize beforehand | |
| communication | anticipate, predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise | make a prediction about | |
| emotion | anticipate, look for, look to | be excited or anxious about | |
| change | anticipate | be a forerunner of or occur earlier than |
| Sounds | aentih'sahpey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | regard something as probable or likely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They anticipate moving | |
| Synonym | expect | |
| Narrower | assume, presume, take for granted | take to be the case or to be true |
| believe, trust | Be confident about something | |
| speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | |
| think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess | Expect, believe, or suppose | |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
| Similar to | expect, look, await, wait | look ... / look forward to the probable occurrence of |
| Spanish | anticipar, esperar, prever | |
| Catalan | anticipar, esperar, expectar, preveure | |
| Meaning | Act in advance of; deal / deal with ahead of time. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | foresee, forestall, counter | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | anticiparse, anticipar, prever | |
| Catalan | anticipar-se, anticipar | |
| Adjectives | anticipatory | in anticipation |
| Nouns | anticipator | one who anticipates |
| Meaning | realize beforehand. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | previse, foreknow, foresee | |
| Broader | know | Be aware of the truth of something |
| Spanish | anticipar, preveer, prevenir, prever, saber de antemano | |
| Nouns | anticipator | one who anticipates |
| Meaning | make a prediction about; tell in advance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise | |
| Narrower | augur | predict from an omen |
| bet, wager | Maintain with or as if with a bet | |
| forecast, calculate | predict in advance | |
| prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | |
| read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky | |
| second-guess, outguess | attempt to anticipate or predict | |
| Broader | guess, venture, pretend, hazard | Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation |
| Spanish | anticipar, augurar, predecir, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
| Catalan | anticipar, augurar, predir, presagiar, preveure, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
| Adjectives | anticipatory | in anticipation |
| Meaning | Be excited or anxious about. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | look for, look to | |
| Narrower | apprehend, quail at | anticipate with dread or anxiety |
| Broader | expect, look, await, wait | look ... / look forward to the probable occurrence of |
| Spanish | esperar | |
| Catalan | esperar | |
| Adjectives | anticipative | marked by eager anticipation |
| Meaning | Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "This composition anticipates Impressionism" | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Catalan | anticipar | |
| Adjectives | anticipatory | in anticipation |
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