anticipate
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin anticipātus, perfect passive participle of anticipō (“to anticipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ante- (“before”), + capiō (“to take”, cip- when prefixed) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See capable.
- borrowed from anticipātus
Definitions
To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
- He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
- The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument.
To know of (something) before it happens
To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
- to anticipate the pleasures of a visit
- to anticipate the evils of life
- Please anticipate a journey of an hour from your house to the airport.
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To eagerly wait for (something)
- Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.
The neighborhood
- neighboranticipation
- neighboranticipatory
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at anticipate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at anticipate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at anticipate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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