Definition of Anticipate

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Anticipate

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.

To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.

To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

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Anticipate Quotations

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Lao Tzu

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Sigmund Freud

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
Maimonides

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
Benjamin Disraeli

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
Herodotus

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.
Paul Allen

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
Barry Bonds

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.
Dian Fossey

We usually get what we anticipate.
Claude M. Bristol

Anticipate Translations

anticipate in French is anticiper, anticipez, anticipons, anticipent
anticipate in German is erwarten, vorwegnehmen
anticipate in Italian is anticipare
anticipate in Latin is praecipio, praefero, praevenio; prevenio
anticipate in Norwegian is foregripe, forutse
anticipate in Portuguese is antecipe
anticipate in Spanish is anticipe

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