Antonyms for anticipates


Grammar : Verb
Spell : an-tis-uh-peyt
Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪt


Definition of anticipates

Origin :
  • 1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation, or else from Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante) + capere "to take" (see capable).
  • Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "expect, look forward to" since 1749, but anticipate has an element of "prepare for, forestall" that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. Related: Anticipated; anticipating.
  • verb expect; predict
  • verb act in advance of
Example sentences :
  • And Cyrus is speaking of cavalry there, and anticipates the result.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • Who or what is the "I" that remembers and the "I" that anticipates?
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • Indeed, he has not time; for Helen Armstrong anticipates him.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
  • We looked forward to her visits as one anticipates with delight a ray of sunshine.
  • Extract from : « As I Remember » by Marian Gouverneur
  • The Feudal System anticipates, and Mr. Bascom did not wait for a telegram.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • He is immortal, and anticipates, hopes for, or dreads a resurrection.
  • Extract from : « Heads and Tales » by Various
  • “Which is why he anticipates coming home so much,” added Janet.
  • Extract from : « Janet Hardy in Hollywood » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • As in many other psalms, he anticipates the answers to his prayers, and in ver.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
  • When he is bound for a supper party, he anticipates a “glut of pleasure.”
  • Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Experimentation not only anticipates, but strives to make good an anticipation.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey

Synonyms for anticipates

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