inclined to anticipate; of or full of anticipation
Derived forms
anticipatively (anˈticiˌpatively)
adverb
anticipative in American English
(ænˈtɪsəˌpeitɪv, -pətɪv)
adjective
anticipating or tending to anticipate; expressing, revealing, or containing anticipation
an anticipative action
an anticipative look
Derived forms
anticipatively
adverb
Word origin
[1655–65; anticipate + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1655–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barbecue, contour, intensity, patrol, risk-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, corrective, detective, passive, sportive
Examples of 'anticipative' in a sentence
anticipative
How can contestational architectures create anticipative geographies without remaining marginal?
Sabin Borş, Dragoş Dascălu 2013, 'Notes towards a Theory of Contestational Architecture', Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplineshttp://www.apshus.usv.ro/arhiva/2013II/007.%20pp.%2099-121.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Research related to energy management can be divided into two categories: predictive control (anticipative) and adaptive control (reactive).
Abdelfettah Maatoug, Ghalem Belalem 2014, 'Conception and Validation of Smart Building Energy Management System BEMS Using theDiscrete Event System Specification DEVS', Journal of Communications Software and Systemshttps://jcomss.fesb.unist.hr/index.php/jcomss/article/view/131. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)