anticipatean‧tic‧i‧pate /ænˈtɪsəpeɪt/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb [transitive] 
Sales are better than anticipated.anticipate changes/developments The schedule isn’t final, but we don’t anticipate many changes.anticipate problems/difficulties We don’t anticipate any problems. A good speaker is able to anticipate an audience’s needs and concerns.anticipate (that) This year, we anticipate that our expenses will be 15% greater. It is anticipated that the research will have many different practical applications.anticipate doing something I didn’t anticipate having to do the cooking myself!2to think about something that is going to happen, especially something pleasant SYN look forward to: Daniel was eagerly anticipating her arrival.3to do something before someone else: Copernicus anticipated in part the discoveries of the 17th and 18th centuries.—anticipatory /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪtəri $ ænˈtɪsəpətɔːri/ adjective formal: the anticipatory atmosphere of a big college football gameGRAMMAR: Comparisonanticipate• You anticipate something: · We don’t anticipate any problems.• You anticipate that something will happen: · No one could have anticipated that this would happen.expect• You expect something: · We don’t expect any problems.• You expect that something will happen, or someone will do something: · Everyone expected that the team would win.• You expect something to happen, or expect someone to do something: · Everyone expected them to win.predict• You predict something: · No one could have predicted the result.• You predict that something will happen, or someone will do something: · He predicted that the team would win.
WORD ORIGINanticipate
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin past participle of anticipare, from ante- ( ➔ ANTE-) + capere ‘to take’VERB TABLE
anticipate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | anticipate |
| he, she, it | anticipates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | anticipated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have anticipated |
| he, she, it | has anticipated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had anticipated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will anticipate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have anticipated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am anticipating |
| he, she, it | is anticipating | |
| you, we, they | are anticipating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was anticipating |
| you, we, they | were anticipating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been anticipating |
| he, she, it | has been anticipating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been anticipating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be anticipating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been anticipating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A skilled waiter can anticipate a customer's needs.
- I think we've fixed everything, and I don't anticipate finding any more problems.
- In many ways, these comedies anticipated Romantic drama.
- Schools anticipate an increase in student test scores.
- The crowd sat quietly, anticipating the company's performance of "H.M.S. Pinafore."
- The journey took a lot longer than we had anticipated.
- We had anticipated that interest rates would have fallen further by now.
- Better therefore to try to anticipate such a calamity by assuming the role of an active and vigilant peace-maker.
- Eight other titles are anticipated at launch, planned for this summer.
- He anticipated lunch or breakfast meetings.
- I anticipate many changes in society over the next 100-year period.
- No change in Verio's management personnel is anticipated, and the Verio brand name will be retained.
- She is anticipating a visit from Varvara, her best friend, who will arrive later this summer.
- Those who anticipate that both will be granted will campaign for legislation to enforce a new schedule of environmental safeguards.
Longman Language Activatorto expect something
if you expect something to happen, you think it probably will: · I'm expecting a fax from Korea. Has anything arrived yet?· Drivers should expect long delays on all roads out of town today.expect to do something: · I expected to find him in the bar, but he wasn't there.expect (that): · We all expected she'd get the job - it was a real shock when she didn't.expect somebody/something to do something: · Economists expect the economy to grow by 5% next year.fully expect (=confidently expect that something will definitely happen): · Perkins fully expects to be back in Boston by July 1.
to believe that something is likely to happen: think (that): · Do you think they'll come to the party?· I never thought her business would be so successful.think something is likely: · The builders said the job would be finished tomorrow, but I don't think that's likely.
to expect that something will happen, and be prepared for it - use this especially to say that something was different from what you had expected: · The journey took a lot longer than we had anticipated.anticipate that: · We had anticipated that interest rates would have fallen further by now.anticipate doing something: · I think we've fixed everything, and I don't anticipate finding any more problems.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The schedule isn’t final, but we don’t anticipate many changes. We don’t anticipate any problems. It is anticipated that the research will have many different practical applications.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
The schedule isn’t final, but we don’t anticipate many changes. We don’t anticipate any problems. It is anticipated that the research will have many different practical applications.· Through an important earlier development, the providers in the Eastern District had already anticipated the trend.· He was no doubt already anticipating some such development.· Investors had already anticipated George Wimpey's return to profit.· My conversation with the Ministry seemed to take ages, and, as I had already anticipated, it proved abortive.· The company had already anticipated that.
· What happened to the buyers' market eagerly anticipated by growers at the beginning of the year?· The Prime Minister's speech was eagerly anticipated by the educational and wider community and it duly received the full media treatment.· The event had created great excitement at all levels of society and was eagerly anticipated.
NOUN· There were several reasons for anticipating a change in referral patterns after April 1991.· Such yardsticks, though imperfect, have continued to anticipate or accompany major changes in the economy.· Other central committee members urged the party to speed up its own reform and to anticipate the changes happening in the country.· How do you anticipate the changes proceeding?· He hadn't anticipated this change in Margaret.· It minimises uncertainty and helps to anticipate changes for example in demography, social factors, values and employment levels. 3.· Either at New Year or before July you can anticipate a change in the everyday running of your life.· But how do rational agents put themselves in a position of being able to anticipate changes in the money stock?
· Being able to anticipate the demands of the future makes us less vulnerable to stress.· A company representative said they had not anticipated the great demand for Metrodin.· Since we anticipate strong demand for this new product range we recommend you to place your first order as soon as possible.· Semiconductor and computer stocks rose as investors anticipated robust demand for computers.· He could not anticipate the demands on his time, so he could seldom commit to any meeting in advance.
· Do you anticipate new developments in the future?· He was no doubt already anticipating some such development.· Much of this money is slated to go to the northwest side of town to support new and anticipated development.
· The formula has no necessary role in the will, but is employed simply to anticipate any difficulty which may arise.· Please telephone us if you anticipate any difficulties in this or any other matter.· However, I do not anticipate any difficulties.· Although he had anticipated all sorts of difficulties, he found a flat to rent.· Parents can learn to anticipate difficulties and develop avoidance strategies as part of a positive parenting approach.· To anticipate any difficulties and provide immediate solutions.
· By this means events are conceptualized and interpreted, and judgments are made in the interest of better anticipating the future.· If you learn to anticipate the future and shape events rather than being shaped by them you will benefit in significant ways.· For instance, the Expert can observe regular patterns of irregularities in the mains supply and anticipate them in future.· If investors anticipate stable future interest rates, then the yield curve will be flat.
· The economy registered a 6 percent growth in 1989, with government projections anticipating a 5.5 percent growth rate for 1990.· Few workshop participants anticipated the fantastic growth of commercial users and providers.· Now with the introduction of a new continental landbridge fare Sealink anticipate a steady growth in freight carryings during 1991.· But many had anticipated far stronger growth following the long hot summer.
· For example, suppose an investor has correctly anticipated a rise in the price of his or her chosen security.· Shares in Maybelline as investors had been anticipating higher bids.· Semiconductor and computer stocks rose as investors anticipated robust demand for computers.· If investors anticipate stable future interest rates, then the yield curve will be flat.· Even so, more than a few investors are anticipating bond yields to keep falling in the next few months.
· The class spent considerable time examining these photographs, attempting to anticipate the kind of personalities they were to be working with.· You must try to anticipate these kinds of situations and to prevent problems before they start.
· It will not necessarily be fatal if the estimates fail to anticipate precisely the needs for the year ahead.
· The systems planning team ought to anticipate problems that may occur.· Worse yet, it seemed to anticipate both problems and the cost of resolving them.· It can anticipate problems and provide a means for reaching solutions.· The two companies said the Ministry of Defence had been supportive of their approach and they did not anticipate any regulatory problems.· He could not anticipate new problems nor adjust to the winds of change.· He says we hadn't anticipated the problem.· More information about what goes on in the community will allow the security chiefs to anticipate potential problems in school.
· It is also sensible to anticipate all the questions likely to be asked, particularly the potentially embarrassing ones.· At Question Time the Prime Minister is backed by the civil servants who brief her and try to anticipate supplementary questions.
· At any moment the current spot exchange rate is the anticipated spot exchange rate discounted to the present.· Most of the change in the current spot exchange rate reflects changes in the anticipated spot exchange rate.· An increase in the anticipated inflation rate is likely to be associated with an increase in all interest rates.· Over time the structure of interest rates may change in response to changes in the inflation rate and the anticipated inflation rate.· If investors anticipate stable future interest rates, then the yield curve will be flat.
· The more we anticipate the fear reaction the more likely it is that it will occur.· Those original Contract polls were not thorough enough to anticipate public reaction to really stupid political behavior.· These techniques are used by parents who can anticipate the child's reactions.· But apparently the festival organizers had anticipated such a reaction, because a burly volunteer was blocking each door.· Had I been more attuned to racism in the office, I might have anticipated the reaction.
VERB· It will not necessarily be fatal if the estimates fail to anticipate precisely the needs for the year ahead.· But more critically, Sega failed to anticipate the rapid drop in demand for its less powerful 16-bit game player.· But the U.S.-sponsored peace process that has sputtered along since then failed to yield the anticipated final agreement.· It failed to anticipate that victory could come only at an unthinkable price.· It was also criticized for failing to anticipate the catastrophe.· Summit participants failed to anticipate the vast inflationary effect of the international oil crisis of the 1970s.
· At Question Time the Prime Minister is backed by the civil servants who brief her and try to anticipate supplementary questions.· You must try to anticipate these kinds of situations and to prevent problems before they start.· The sleeping patient's eyes were bandaged, just in case she tried to anticipate what the surgeon would do next.· He defined a game as a conflict of interests resolved by the accumulative choices players make while trying to anticipate each other.· Sometimes the purpose will be described but often it won't, since you may try to anticipate the result.· Better therefore to try to anticipate such a calamity by assuming the role of an active and vigilant peace-maker.· All he could feel was his body, trying to anticipate the next touch.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveanticipatoryanticipated ≠ unanticipatednounanticipationverbanticipate
1to expect that something will happen and be ready for it: Sales are better than anticipated.anticipate changes/developments The schedule isn’t final, but we don’t anticipate many changes.anticipate problems/difficulties We don’t anticipate any problems. A good speaker is able to anticipate an audience’s needs and concerns.anticipate (that) This year, we anticipate that our expenses will be 15% greater. It is anticipated that the research will have many different practical applications.anticipate doing something I didn’t anticipate having to do the cooking myself!2to think about something that is going to happen, especially something pleasant SYN look forward to: Daniel was eagerly anticipating her arrival.3to do something before someone else: Copernicus anticipated in part the discoveries of the 17th and 18th centuries.—anticipatory /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪtəri $ ænˈtɪsəpətɔːri/ adjective formal: the anticipatory atmosphere of a big college football gameGRAMMAR: Comparisonanticipate• You anticipate something: · We don’t anticipate any problems.• You anticipate that something will happen: · No one could have anticipated that this would happen.expect• You expect something: · We don’t expect any problems.• You expect that something will happen, or someone will do something: · Everyone expected that the team would win.• You expect something to happen, or expect someone to do something: · Everyone expected them to win.predict• You predict something: · No one could have predicted the result.• You predict that something will happen, or someone will do something: · He predicted that the team would win.