verb · neutral
anticipate
UK/ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/US/ænˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/an·TI·ci·pate
To expect or predict something; to prepare for something in advance.
Examples
“We anticipated some resistance, so we prepared additional data.”
“Anticipating high demand, the company increased production.”
“I didn't anticipate the traffic and was late.”
Band 8 sentence
“Given the seasonal trend and historical data, we anticipated a modest decline in sales and adjusted our inventory accordingly.”
Collocations
- anticipate problems
- anticipate demand
Word family
Common mistakes
We anticipate to finish the work tomorrow.→We anticipate finishing the work tomorrow.
They anticipated the meeting last week.→They anticipated the meeting would be postponed / They organised the meeting in anticipation.
Say it for a higher band
5expect→6predict→7+anticipate
Synonyms
expect
foresee
Easily confused
expect
“I expect it will rain tomorrow.”
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