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Definition of anticipate : 1. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
2. To foresee ( a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Synonyms:

preclude, confront, call in, gauge, annunciate, count on, remain, prefigure, call off, take something for granted, telephone, surprise, delay, ask, stay, seek, look forward to, herald, ring, overestimate, suppose, inhabit, wait for, bargain on, plan on, bear, live happily ever after, prognosticate, tarry, estimate, continue, brighten, read between the lines, auspicate, shout out, promise, wait, scream, figure on, prevent, predict, lodge, foreclose, reside, cry, squall, intercept, forecast, require, be happy for someone, prevision, carry, counter, abide, call, underestimate, yell, judge, dwell, harbinger, phone, tolerate, forestall, fear, prophesy, divine, see, put two and two together, reckon on, bide, look, forefeel, gestate, visit, assure, announce, name, hold back, augur, conjecture, shout, rejoice, foresight, look for, foretell, forbid, live, cheer, jump for joy, treasure, guess, stop, betoken, endure, send for, look to, bid, block, thrive on, holler, have a bun in the oven, bode, omen, call up, hollo, depend on, hazard, rejoice in, calculate on, neglect, rest, intuit, portend, address, presage, sojourn, bargain for, watch, previse, search, forewarn

expect (part of speech: verb)

envisage, deduce, presume, imagine, gather, assume, forebode, apprehend, dread, envision, surmise, foresee, foreknow, await, suspect, infer, presuppose, contemplate

plan (part of speech: verb)

arrange, plot, contrive, premeditate, scheme, aim, blueprint, intend, plan, propose, expect, coordinate, invent, chart, conceive, design

precede (part of speech: verb)

foreshadow, antedate, predate, introduce, precede, lead, forerun, pioneer, head off, antecede, trail-blaze

hope (part of speech: verb)

dream of, trust, aspire, yearn, rely, desire, believe, wish, hope, want

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