anticipate
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(verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in: "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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Synonyms: occur |
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(verb) realize beforehand |
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Synonyms: foreknow, foresee |
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Related Words: know |
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(verb) be excited or anxious about |
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Synonyms: look for, look to |
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Related Words: apprehend, await, expect, look, quail at, wait |
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(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time |
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Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
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Related Words: act, move |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
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Synonyms: expect |
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Related Words: assume, believe, conjecture, guess, hypothecate, hypothesize, imagine, judge, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, take for granted, theorise, theorize, think, trust |
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(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" |
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Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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Related Words: augur, bet, calculate, forecast, guess, hazard, outguess, prophesy, read, secondguess, venture, wager |
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