Anticipate

What do we mean by anticipate?

To see as a probable occurrence; expect. intransitive verb

To think of (a future event) with pleasure; look forward to. intransitive verb

To deal with beforehand; act so as to mitigate, nullify, or prevent: synonym: expect. intransitive verb

To react to (someone) abruptly, especially to prevent someone from continuing or progressing. intransitive verb

To serve as a forerunner to or previous indication of. intransitive verb

To use in advance, as income not yet available. intransitive verb

To pay (a debt) before it is due. intransitive verb

To think, speak, or write about a matter in advance. intransitive verb

To seize or take beforehand.

To be before in doing something; take action in advance of; precede, prevent, or preclude by prior action.

To take, do, use, etc., before the proper time; precipitate, as an action or event: as, the advocate has anticipated that part of his argument.

To realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee; have a view or impression of beforehand; look forward to; expect: as, I never anticipated such a disaster; to anticipate the pleasures of an entertainment.

To occupy the attention of before the proper time.

Synonyms To get the start of, forestall.

To forecast, count upon, prepare one's self for, calculate upon.

To treat of something, as in a narrative, before the proper time.

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. transitive verb

To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely. transitive verb

To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.

To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.

To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.

To eagerly wait for (something)

To expect Urban Dictionary

The feeling you feel when you feel you're going to feel a feeling you've never felt before. Urban Dictionary

When something is full of anticipation Urban Dictionary

The anticipation phase starts the moment after taking a pill and lasts for 20 minutes to an hour, whilst you're waiting for it to kick in. This can be an exciting phase as you know something magical is coming at any moment but you don't know exactly when. There may be glimpses of it but this may also be the mind playing tricks before it really starts. For the more seasoned pill taker this moment may actually be 1 of frustration as they want to be there immediately. Urban Dictionary

When people shit on themselves in anticipation of someone else shitting on them. People think this will shield some criticism, but really it just gives assholes better material. Urban Dictionary

A bottle of hard liquor that someone purchases while still owning a partially consumed bottle of the same or similar liquor. The bottle is purchased with the thinking that the partially consumed bottle will soon be fully consumed and the person doesn't want to be put in the situation where they've run out completely. Urban Dictionary

The high you get when you are about to use a drug. Not an actual high, but a feeling of being high before you get high. Similar to a contact high. Can make the police think you are high when they pull you over, but you were simply looking forward to getting high. Urban Dictionary

The boner you get when anticipating something sexy, or sex itself. Can be a major headache if the anticipated sexual event does not occur. Urban Dictionary

When you need to get ready for a big night so you drink the night before. Urban Dictionary

When someone sets an alarm clock, but wakes up just before it actually goes off. Usually as a result of the brain anticipating that it will suddenly be awoken by a loud sound and therefore you awake without the need of the alarm. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to anticipate:
anticipate, participate, anticipated, anticipative, anticipates, anticipant, anticipator, anticipants, anticipar, anticipa.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word anticipate:
trends, react, predict, expect, outcomes, respond, happen, prepare, future, moves, upcoming, consequences, threats, challenges, arrival, emerging, strategies, responses, outcome, needs, developments, customer, opponents, behaviour, actions, behavior, earthquake, prevent, movements, advance, might, ball, occur, changes.

Words that rhyme with anticipate:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe anticipate:
compare.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective anticipate:
need, problems, questions, change, changing, objections, trouble, results, events.

Words that sound like anticipate:
anticipate, anticipates, anticipator, anticipant, anticipa, anticipated, anticipating, anticipative, anticipators, anticipation, intercept, antacid, antipode, intestate, andesite, antecede, mancipate, antiope, anticity.