anticipatedadj.
1. Taken or occurring in advance or beforehand.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > anticipating or forestalling > anticipated
anticipated1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anticipé, anticipated, prevented, forestalled.
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. i. 70 The Heavens had put on anticipated Mourning.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anticipation, or anticipated diseases.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 121 The waking stars [in an eclipse]..Peep out and gem the anticipated night.
2. Used beforehand, as money.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > spent (well or ill) > in advance of having money
anticipated1781
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 559 Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid.
3. Apprehended beforehand, looked for, expected.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected
futurec1374
in a possibility1523
forestalled1543
looked-for1548
anticipatec1550
expected1558
long-looked-for1562
looked1565
in expectation1570
expectable1619
expecting1621
in perspective1633
unsurprising1671
in prospect1694
perspective1710
in prospective1746–7
prospective1809
anticipated1814
presumable1825
anticipatable1872
ex ante1937
1814 R. Southey Roderick xv, The anticipated meeting put to flight These painful thoughts.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. 185 The anticipated storm at length gave notice of its coming.
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