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anticipate
English
Etymology
From Latin anticip?tus, perfect passive participle of anticip?re (“anticipate”); from ante (“before”), + capere (“take”). See capable.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æn?t?s.?.pe?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /æn?t?s.?.pe?t/
Verb
anticipate (third-person singular simple present anticipates, present participle anticipating, simple past and past participle anticipated)
- (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
- c. 1824 (written, published in 1891) Robert Hall, Fragment on Popery
- When two parties, each formidable for their numbers, and the weight of their influence and property, are animated by an equal degree of zeal, it is natural to anticipate the final success of that which possesses the most inherent strength.
- Synonym: preclude
- c. 1824 (written, published in 1891) Robert Hall, Fragment on Popery
- to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
- to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
- Synonyms: expect, foretaste, foresee
- to eagerly wait for (something)
- Synonym: look forward to
Usage notes
The words anticipate and expect both regard some future event as likely to take place. Nowadays they are often used interchangeably although anticipate is associated with acting because of an expectation: e.g. "skilled sportsmen anticipate the action and position themselves accordingly".
Related terms
- anticipation
- anticipatory
Translations
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /antit?si?pate/
Verb
anticipate
- present adverbial passive participle of anticipi
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /antit?si?pate/
Verb
anticipate
- adverbial present passive participle of anticipar
Italian
Verb
anticipate
- second-person plural present indicative of anticipare
- second-person plural imperative of anticipare
- feminine plural of anticipato
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /an.ti.ki?pa?.te/, [än?t??k??pä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.ti.t??i?pa.te/, [?n?t?it??i?p??t??]
Verb
anticip?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of anticip?
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anticipative
English
Etymology
anticipate +? -ive
Adjective
anticipative (comparative more anticipative, superlative most anticipative)
- Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
- […] protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged […]
Translations
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