• (British) IPA: /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ænˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/

anticipate (anticipates, present participle anticipating; past and past participle anticipated)

1. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.

   • to anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose

   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 20, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

2. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.

   The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument.

3. 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

4. to eagerly wait for (something)

   Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.

• (to act before someone) preclude
• (to take up or introduce something prematurely)
• (to know of something before it manifests) expect, foretaste, foresee
• (to eagerly await something) look forward to

• anticipation
• anticipatory

• Italian: anticipare
• Portuguese: antecipar-se
• Russian: опережа́ть

• Portuguese: antecipar
• Russian: предвосхища́ть

• French: anticiper, prévoir
• German: voraussehen, vorausahnen
• Italian: prevedere
• Portuguese: antecipar, prever
• Russian: предви́деть
• Spanish: anticipar, prever