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Adjective anticipated has 2 senses
- anticipated, awaited, hoped-for - expected hopefully
Antonym: unexpected (indirect, via expected)
- anticipated, looked-for - rightfully expected; "his looked-for advancement";
Antonym: undue (indirect, via due)
Verb anticipate has 6 senses
- expect, anticipate - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
--1 is one way to judge
Sample sentence:
They anticipate moving
- anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter - act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee - realize beforehand
--3 is one way to know
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
--4 is one way to guess, venture, pretend, hazard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- anticipate, look for, look to - be excited or anxious about
--5 is one way to expect, look, await, wait
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
--6 is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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