anticipated

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an·tic·i·pate

[an-tis-uh-peyt] verb, an·tic·i·pat·ed, an·tic·i·pat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
2.
to expect; look forward to; be sure of: to anticipate a favorable decision.
3.
to perform (an action) before another has had time to act.
4.
to answer (a question), obey (a command), or satisfy (a request) before it is made: He anticipated each of my orders.
5.
to nullify, prevent, or forestall by taking countermeasures in advance: to anticipate a military attack.
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6.
to consider or mention before the proper time: to anticipate more difficult questions.
7.
to be before (another) in doing, thinking, achieving, etc.: Many modern inventions were anticipated by Leonardo da Vinci.
8.
Finance.
a.
to expend (funds) before they are legitimately available for use.
b.
to discharge (an obligation) before it is due.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to think, speak, act, or feel an emotional response in advance.

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Anticipated is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin anticipātus taken before, anticipated (past participle of anticipāre), equivalent to anti- (variant of ante- ante-) + -cip- (combining form of capere to take) + -ātus -ate1

an·tic·i·pat·a·ble, adjective
an·tic·i·pa·tor, noun
pre·an·tic·i·pate, verb (used with object), pre·an·tic·i·pat·ed, pre·an·tic·i·pat·ing.
un·an·tic·i·pat·ed, adjective
un·an·tic·i·pat·ing, adjective
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un·an·tic·i·pat·ing·ly, adverb
well-an·tic·i·pat·ed, adjective
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1. See expect. 5. preclude, obviate.


Despite claims that anticipate should only be used to mean “to perform (an action) or respond to (a question, etc.) in advance” or “to forestall,” it has been used widely since the 18th century as a synonym for expect, often with an implication of pleasure: We anticipate a large turnout at the next meeting. This use is standard in all types of speech and writing.

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Example Sentences
  • These was nothing new developed yesterday in the anticipated strike of the longshoremen to-day.
  • But yet to come were even more exciting things that he hadn't anticipated.
  • He had anticipated a gradual increase in users, but never imagined thousands signing up all at once.
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anticipated

adjective
expected hopefully 
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