Definition of anticipates in English

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anticipates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of anticipate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb anticipates, anticipating, anticipated
anticipate - act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
		foresee, forestall, counter
		act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
anticipate - be excited or anxious about
		look for, look to
		await, wait, expect, look serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
		quail at, apprehend anticipate with dread or anxiety
anticipate - realize beforehand
		previse, foreknow, foresee
		know be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
anticipate - be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
		come about, hap, take place, occur, fall out, go on, happen, pass off, pass come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
anticipate - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
		predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise
		hazard, venture, guess, pretend proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
		read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
		outguess, second-guess evaluate or criticize with hindsight
		augur predict from an omen
		wager, bet maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"
		forecast, calculate predict in advance
		prophesy, vaticinate predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
anticipate - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
		expect
		pass judgment, evaluate, judge form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
		imagine, opine, guess, suppose, reckon, think form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
		take for granted, presume, assume take liberties or act with too much confidence
		conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, theorise, hypothecate, theorize, speculate, suppose pledge without delivery or title of possession
		await, wait, expect, look serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
		believe, trust accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

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Wiktionary

anticipate (Verb)
To act before someone, especially to prevent an action.
anticipate (Verb)
To take up or introduce something prematurely.
anticipate (Verb)
To know of something before it happens; to expect.
anticipate (Verb)
To eagerly wait for.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

anticipate (v. t.)
To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
anticipate (v. t.)
To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.
anticipate (v. t.)
To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
anticipate (v. t.)
To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

anticipate
To look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come.
anticipate
To state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

anticipate
an-tis′ip-āt, v.t. to be beforehand with (another person or thing), to forestall or preoccupy: to take in hand, or consider, before the due time: to foresee: realise beforehand, or count upon as certain: to expect.—v.t. and v.i. to accelerate: to occur earlier than.—adj. and n. Antic′ipant, anticipating, anticipative.—n. Anticipā′tion, act of anticipating: assignment to too early a time: foretaste: previous notion, or presentiment: expectation.—adjs. Anti′cipātive, Anti′cipātory.—advs. Anticipā′tively, Anticipā′torily (rare). [L. anticipāre, -ātum—ānte, before, cap-ĕre, to take.]