anticipates

Looks forward to

Anticipates means expects or looks forward to something before it happens.

To anticipate is to act in advance of what's coming: She anticipates his needs before he asks.

It can suggest eager expectation I'm anticipating the trip or preparatory action The company anticipates a slowdown and is cutting costs.

What you anticipate, you've already begun responding to mentally.

predicts

forecasts

Predicts future conditions

envisions · foretells · presages · portends · foreshadows · prefigures · signals · heralds · augurs · prognosticates

expects

awaits

Remains in expectation

braces · watches · guards · plans · provisions · contingency · proactive · preemptive · vigilant · watchful

Categories
Opposites
temporal orientation

anticipatesrecalls

Remembers or withdraws products

remembers · recollects · reflects on · reminisces · looks back

expectation vs. surprise

anticipatesreacts

Answers to stimulus

responds · overlooks · misses · stumbles upon

certainty of expectation

anticipatesdoubts

Feelings of uncertainty

disbelieves · questions · discounts · dismisses · denies

Phrases
Family

anticipate, anticipation, anticipated, anticipating, unanticipated, anticipatory, anticipations, anticipative

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G