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anticipate

English

  1. 🔊 be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
    “This composition anticipates Impressionism”
  2. 🔊 realize beforehand
  3. 🔊 be excited or anxious about
  4. 🔊 act in advance of
  5. 🔊 regard something as probable or likely
    “The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”
  6. 🔊 make a prediction about
    “Call the outcome of an election”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 prevenir to anticipate
  2. 🔊 adelantar to anticipate, to forestall (+ a)

Similar words

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