verb · academic
anticipate
/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/an·TIC·i·pate
Band 6-7task2speaking
to expect something and prepare for it
Examples
“We anticipate a rise in demand next year.”
“Good planners anticipate potential problems.”
“The study anticipates several limitations of the method.”
Band 8 sentence
“Policy designers must anticipate unintended consequences when introducing market incentives to avoid social inequality.”
Collocations
- anticipate problems/changes
- anticipate that
Word family
anticipation nounanticipatory adjective
Common mistakes
anticipate about→anticipate / anticipate that
anticipate (hiện tại cho tương lai không chia)→anticipates / anticipated
Say it for a higher band
5think→6expect→7+anticipate
Synonyms
expect
Easily confused
expect
“I expect it will rain tomorrow.”
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