American English pronunciation
How to pronounce anticipated
IPA transcription: [æn'tɪsə,peɪtəd]
Pronunciation variants: [æn'tɪsə,peɪtəd][æn'tɪsə,peɪtɪd]
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Verb
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regard something as probable or likely
“The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”
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make a prediction about; tell in advance
“Call the outcome of an election”
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realize beforehand
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
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be excited or anxious about
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be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
“This composition anticipates Impressionism”
Adjective
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expected hopefully
Usage examples
- However, the anticipated growth did not materialize and number pooling replaced the proposal.
- Due to the early burn cutoff, this was far less than originally anticipated.
- The wizard anticipated the rebuttal.
- It is anticipated that Munyaneza will appeal the sentence.
- The game was highly anticipated, but was almost universally panned by critics.
- An anticipated second volume was to have consisted of live recordings but remains unreleased.
- Unanticipated, Thomson and Joule met later that year in Chamonix.
- Shortly thereafter, the system became sheared and further intensification was no longer anticipated.
- At least we know that traditional offshore asset protection trust planning works as anticipated.
- The American Dialect Society defines "wardrobe malfunction" as "an unanticipated exposure of bodily parts".