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'anticipate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'anticipate' with 20 example sentences.


anticipate verb

: 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.
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