Anticipate

//ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt//

Synonyms for "anticipate" (138 found)

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Translations

63 translations across 26 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • προλαμβάνω verb (to act before someone)
  • προλαμβάνω verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِرْتَقَبَ verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • تَوَقَّعَ verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • изпреварвам verb (to act before someone)
  • предви́ждам verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • прибързвам verb (to take up or introduce something prematurely)

Catalan

2 entries
  • anticipar verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • preveure verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 拭目以待 verb (to eagerly await)
  • 期待 verb (to eagerly await)
  • 預想 /预想 verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • 預料 /预料 verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Danish

1 entries
  • forudse verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • antaŭĝoji verb (to eagerly await)
  • anticipi verb (to act before someone)
  • anticipi verb (to take up or introduce something prematurely)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ennakoida verb (to act before someone)
  • ennakoida verb (to take up or introduce something prematurely)
  • odottaa verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • odottaa verb (to eagerly await)

French

2 entries
  • anticiper verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • prévoir verb (to know of something before it manifests)

German

4 entries
  • erwarten verb (to take up or introduce something prematurely)
  • vorausahnen verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • voraussehen verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • vorgreifen verb (to act before someone)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • alig vár verb (to eagerly await)
  • izgatottan/örömmel/repesve/türelmetlenül vár verb (to eagerly await)

Ido

1 entries
  • presavigar verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Italian

2 entries
  • anticipare verb (to act before someone)
  • prevedere verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 予想する verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • болжау verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • межелеу verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • шамалау verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Korean

1 entries
  • 예상하다 verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Latin

3 entries
  • anteveniō verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • anticipō verb (to act before someone)
  • praesūmō verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Latvian

1 entries
  • paredzēt verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakaneinei verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اوممق verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Polish

2 entries
  • antycypować verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • przewidzieć verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • antecipar verb (to take up or introduce something prematurely)
  • antecipar verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • antecipar-se verb (to act before someone)
  • prever verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Romanian

3 entries
  • anticipa verb (to act before someone)
  • anticipa verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • prevedea verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Russian

4 entries
  • опереди́ть verb (to act before someone)
  • опережа́ть verb (to act before someone)
  • предви́деть verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • предвосхити́ть verb (to take up or introduce something prematurely)

Spanish

3 entries
  • anticipar verb (to know of something before it manifests)
  • anticiparse verb (to act before someone)
  • prever verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • päkw verb (to know of something before it manifests)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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What results do you anticipate?

Source: tatoeba (69810)

I anticipate that there will be trouble.

Source: tatoeba (243440)

We anticipate it with much pleasure.

Source: tatoeba (248175)

We didn't anticipate their buying a new car.

Source: tatoeba (249244)

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