- To feel or realize beforehand; foresee: hadn't anticipated the crowds at the zoo.
- To look forward to, especially with pleasure; expect: anticipated a pleasant hike in the country.
- To deal with beforehand; act so as to mitigate, nullify, or prevent: anticipated the storm by boarding up the windows.
Synonyms: expect, anticipate, hope, await
These verbs relate to the idea of looking ahead to something in the future.
- To expect is to look forward to the likely occurrence or appearance of someone or something: "We should not expect something for nothing--but we all do and call it Hope" Edgar W. Howe.
- Anticipate sometimes refers to taking advance action, as to forestall or prevent the occurrence of something expected or to meet a wish or request before it is articulated: anticipated the attack and locked the gates.
The term can also refer to having a foretaste of something expected: anticipate trouble. - To hope is to look forward with desire and usually with a measure of confidence in the likelihood of gaining what is desired: I hope to see you soon.
- To await is to wait expectantly and with certainty: eagerly awaiting your letter.
Usage Note:
- Some people hold that anticipate is improperly used as a simple synonym for expect; they would restrict its use to situations in which advance action is taken either to forestall (anticipate her opponent's next move) or to fulfill (anticipate my desires).
- In earlier surveys, however, a majority of the Usage Panel accepted the use of anticipate to mean "to feel or to realize beforehand" and "to look forward to."
- The word unanticipated, however, is not established as a synonym for unexpected. Thus 77 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the sentence:
They always set aside a little extra food for unanticipated guests,
inasmuch as guests for whom advance provision has been made cannot be said to be unanticipated, though they may very well be unexpected.
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