anticipate
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
regard something as probable or likely
The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
- guess hyponym
- presume hyponym
- conjecture hyponym
- trust hyponym
Related & opposite
- expectation derivation
- expectation derivation
- anticipant derivation
- await verb group
Sense 2 verb
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- obviation derivation
- anticipator derivation
- anticipatory derivation
Sense 3 verb
realize beforehand
Types & categories
- know hypernym
Related & opposite
- prospicience derivation
- anticipator derivation
Sense 4 verb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Call the outcome of an election
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prediction derivation
- prophecy derivation
- foretelling derivation
- prognosis derivation
- foreboding derivation
- premonition derivation
- predictor derivation
- anticipatory derivation
- prognostic derivation
Sense 5 verb
be excited or anxious about
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- anticipant derivation
Sense 6 verb
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
This composition anticipates Impressionism
Types & categories
- hap hypernym
Related & opposite
- anticipatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expectation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expectation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipant |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | await |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presume |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conjecture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prospicience |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipator |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | know |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prediction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prophecy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | foretelling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognosis |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | foreboding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | premonition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | predictor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognostic |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hazard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | second-guess |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | augur |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bet |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | forecast |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prophesy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | await |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quail at |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |