Crossword clues for anticipate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anticipate \An*tic"i*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Anticipating.] [L. anticipatus, p. p. of anticipare to anticipate; ante + capere to make. See Capable.]
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To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose.
--R. Hall.He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
--Macaulay. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.
To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
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To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.
Syn: To prevent; obviate; preclude; forestall; expect.
Usage: To Anticipate, Expect. These words, as here compared, agree in regarding some future event as about to take place. Expect is the stringer. It supposes some ground or reason in the mind for considering the event as likely to happen. Anticipate is, literally, to take beforehand, and here denotes simply to take into the mind as conception of the future. Hence, to say, ``I did not anticipate a refusal,'' expresses something less definite and strong than to say, `` did not expect it.'' Still, anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged with expect in cases where the thought will allow.
Good with bad Expect to hear; supernal grace contending With sinfulness of men.
--Milton.I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.
--Spectator.Timid men were anticipating another civil war.
--Macaulay.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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).\n
\nLater "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.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action. 2 to take up or introduce (something) prematurely. 3 to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
WordNet
v. regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: expect]
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn: foresee, forestall, counter]
make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise]
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
Usage examples of "anticipate".
Jews, whose stern fanaticism would be always prepared to second, and even to anticipate, the hostile measures of the Pagan government.
Sira, had conspired with the malcontents to assert and anticipate the rights of primogeniture.
The merit and misfortunes of Ali and his descendants will lead me to anticipate, in this place, the series of the Saracen caliphs, a title which describes the commanders of the faithful as the vicars and successors of the apostle of God.
Omar himself confessed from the pulpit, that if any Mussulman should hereafter presume to anticipate the suffrage of his brethren, both the elector and the elected would be worthy of death.
In this rapid portrait of chivalry I have been urged to anticipate on the story of the crusades, at once an effect and a cause, of this memorable institution.
Their light and perfidious ambition was eager to seize or anticipate the moment of a vacancy, while a law of succession, the guardian both of the prince and people, was gradually defined and confirmed in the hereditary monarchies of Europe.
Their enemy had been trying to play cute again, but this time Bariden had been able to anticipate the major trap.
After a decade or more of confrontation they would anticipate a preliminary air campaign.
For years, the intelligence agencies had been assailed for failing to anticipate threats, from nuclear tests by India and Pakistan to the Al Qaeda attacks on the United States.
For almost a century, the Japanese had been socialized to anticipate and accommodate themselves to drastic change.
They had failed to anticipate the radical fervor with which an entire stratum of privileged intellectuals would attempt to propel the American revolution beyond the boundaries of bourgeois democracy.
Nor did anyone really anticipate how swiftly intellectual discourse would percolate to a national audience through the mass media.
We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia where, if anywhere upon this earth, wisdom is to be found, and we anticipate that our sojourn there will be a long one.
At present the planet Mars is in conjunction, but with every return to opposition I, for one, anticipate a renewal of their adventure.
It seems to me that it should be possible to define the position of the gun from which the shots are discharged, to keep a sustained watch upon this part of the planet, and to anticipate the arrival of the next attack.