释义 |
anticipate /an-tisˈi-pāt/ transitive verb- To forestall (a person or thing)
- To use, spend, deal with in advance or before the due time
- To realize beforehand
- To foresee or count upon as certain
- To expect
- To precede (rare)
- To advance to an earlier time, bring on sooner
intransitive verb- To do anything, or take action, before the appropriate, expected or due time
- To be before the normal time (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L anticipāre, -ātum, from ante before, and capere to take anticˈipant adjective Anticipating, anticipative (also noun) anticipāˈtion noun - An act of anticipating
- Imagining beforehand
- Expectation
- Assignment to too early a time
- The introduction of a tone or tones of a chord before the whole chord (music)
- Intuition
- Foretaste
- Previous notion
- Presentiment
- Prejudice (obsolete)
antiˈcipātive or antiˈcipatory adjective antiˈcipātively or antiˈcipatorily adverb anticˈipātor noun |