Antonyms for anticipates
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : an-tis-uh-peyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪt |
Definition of anticipates
Origin :- 1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation, or else from Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante) + capere "to take" (see capable).
- Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "expect, look forward to" since 1749, but anticipate has an element of "prepare for, forestall" that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. Related: Anticipated; anticipating.
- verb expect; predict
- verb act in advance of
- And Cyrus is speaking of cavalry there, and anticipates the result.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- Who or what is the "I" that remembers and the "I" that anticipates?
- Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
- Indeed, he has not time; for Helen Armstrong anticipates him.
- Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
- We looked forward to her visits as one anticipates with delight a ray of sunshine.
- Extract from : « As I Remember » by Marian Gouverneur
- The Feudal System anticipates, and Mr. Bascom did not wait for a telegram.
- Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- He is immortal, and anticipates, hopes for, or dreads a resurrection.
- Extract from : « Heads and Tales » by Various
- “Which is why he anticipates coming home so much,” added Janet.
- Extract from : « Janet Hardy in Hollywood » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
- As in many other psalms, he anticipates the answers to his prayers, and in ver.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
- When he is bound for a supper party, he anticipates a “glut of pleasure.”
- Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Experimentation not only anticipates, but strives to make good an anticipation.
- Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey
Synonyms for anticipates
- apprehend
- assume
- await
- bargain for
- be afraid
- be early
- be one step ahead of
- beat someone to it
- block
- conjecture
- count chickens
- count on
- cross the bridge
- delay
- divine
- entertain
- figure
- forecast
- foresee
- forestall
- foretaste
- foretell
- have a hunch
- hinder
- hold back
- hope for
- intercept
- jump the gun
- look for
- look forward to
- plan on
- precede
- preclude
- prepare for
- prevent
- prevision
- prognosticate
- promise oneself
- prophesy
- provide against
- see
- see coming
- see in the cards
- suppose
- visualize
- wait
- wait for
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