Dictionary entry details
• ANTICIPATE (verb)
Meaning:
Regard something as probable or likely
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
anticipate; expect
Context example:
The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
Hypernyms (to "anticipate" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "anticipate"):
guess; imagine; opine; reckon; suppose; think (expect, believe, or suppose)
assume; presume; take for granted (take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof)
conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)
believe; trust (be confident about something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They anticipate moving
Meaning:
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
anticipate; counter; forestall; foresee
Hypernyms (to "anticipate" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Realize beforehand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
foresee; foreknow; previse; anticipate
Hypernyms (to "anticipate" is one way to...):
know (be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Make a prediction about; tell in advance
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
prognosticate; predict; forebode; foretell; promise; anticipate; call
Context example:
Call the outcome of an election
Hypernyms (to "anticipate" is one way to...):
guess; hazard; pretend; venture (put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "anticipate"):
prophesy; vaticinate (predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration)
calculate; forecast (predict in advance)
bet; wager (maintain with or as if with a bet)
augur (predict from an omen)
outguess; second-guess (attempt to anticipate or predict)
read (interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Be excited or anxious about
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
look to; look for; anticipate
Hypernyms (to "anticipate" is one way to...):
await; expect; look; wait (look forward to the probable occurrence of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "anticipate"):
apprehend; quail at (anticipate with dread or anxiety)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
This composition anticipates Impressionism
Hypernyms (to "anticipate" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
