Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.

    vorgreifen

    опережа́тьoperežátʹ, опереди́тьoperedítʹ

  2. (transitive)To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.

    The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument.

    erwarten

    предвосхища́тьpredvosxiščátʹ, предвосхити́тьpredvosxitítʹ

  3. (transitive)To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.

    to anticipate the pleasures of a visit

    to anticipate the evils of life

    voraussehen, vorausahnen

    предви́детьpredvídetʹ

  4. (transitive)To eagerly wait for (something)

    Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.

More definitions
  • be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
  • realize beforehand
  • be excited or anxious about
  • act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Examples

191 sentences
  1. Are you good at anticipating problems before they happen?

    Чи вмієте ви передбачати проблеми до того, як вони виникнуть?

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  2. I couldn't anticipate that that would happen.

    Я не міг передбачити, що це трапиться.

    ruЯ не мог предвидеть, что это случится.

    deIch konnte nicht ahnen, dass das passieren würde.

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  3. There was a larger crowd at the concert than we had anticipated.

    На концерті було більше народу, ніж ми очікували.

    ruНа концерте было больше народа, чем мы предполагали.

    deEs hatte sich eine größere Menschenmenge zu dem Konzert eingefunden, als wir erwartet hatten.

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  4. What results do you anticipate?

    Яких результатів ви очікуєте?

    ruКаких результатов вы ждёте?

    deWelche Ergebnisse erwartest du?

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  5. Something I hadn't anticipated happened.

    Трапилося щось непередбачене.

    ruПроизошло что-то непредвиденное.

    deEs geschah etwas, was ich nicht vorhergesehen hatte.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to act before someone:
to take up or introduce something prematurely:
to know of something before it manifests:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to act before someone:
to take up or introduce something prematurely:
to know of something before it manifests:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin anticipātus, perfect passive participle of anticipō (“to anticipate”)

Borrowed from Latin anticipātus, perfect passive participle of anticipō (“to anticipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ante- (“before”), + capiō (“to take”, cip- when prefixed) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See capable.

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Forms

anticipates, anticipating, anticipated, anticipated
Base formanticipate · to anticipate
3rd person singularanticipates
Present participleanticipating
Past simpleanticipated
Past participleanticipated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyanticipate
he, she, itanticipates

Past simpleLesson

all personsanticipated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave anticipated
he, she, ithas anticipated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill anticipate

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

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