anticipate
Definition
- v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
- v. realize beforehand
- v. be excited or anxious about
- v. be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
Word forms
- Past participle
- anticipated
- Present participle
- anticipating
- Past tense
- anticipated
- Third person singular
- anticipates
Example sentences
vt.
I anticipate that the meeting will start at 10 AM.
vt.
The symptoms may anticipate the diagnosis by several weeks.