'anticipate' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'anticipate' with 20 example sentences.
- anticipate verb
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: regard something as probable or likely
: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
: realize beforehand
: make a prediction about; tell in advance
: be excited or anxious about
: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
There was a larger crowd at the concert than we had anticipated.
I couldn't anticipate that that would happen.
Do you anticipate more problems?
It's impossible to anticipate every possible situation.
You often need to spend more time doing something than you anticipated.
I anticipate that there will be trouble.
My job is to anticipate problems.
We're anticipating good things.
It might happen sooner than we anticipated.
We are anticipating receiving a gift from our uncle.
We're anticipating more charges.
Isn't that what we anticipated?
The economist anticipated a prolonged depression.
We anticipate a heavy rainfall tomorrow.
We do not anticipate their buying a new car.
I anticipated a quiet vacation in the mountains.
Anticipating a cold winter, we bought a bigger stove.
Fortunately, the law had anticipated and made a provision for that case.
I don't anticipate a problem.
The job was bigger than I anticipated.