Anticipate



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GRE 红宝书

• v.预期, 期待
• ［英］ v.预期, 期待 ( to look forward to;expect )
• ［记］ anti ( 前) +cip ( 落下) +ate -> 提前落下 -> 预期
• ［同］ 派生词: anticipation ( n. 预料) ; anticipatory ( adj. 预期的) 同根词: incipient ( 开始的) ; emancipate ( 解放)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-pated; -pating)

• Etymology: Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare, from ante- + -cipare (from capere to take) — more at heave
• Date: 1532
• transitive verb
  • 1. to give advance thought, discussion, or treatment to
  • 2. to meet (an obligation) before a due date
  • 3. to foresee and deal with in advance ; forestall
  • 4. to use or expend in advance of actual possession
  • 5. to act before (another) often so as to check or counter
  • 6. to look forward to as certain ; expect
• intransitive verb
  • to speak or write in knowledge or expectation of later matter
• Synonyms: see foresee, prevent
• • anticipatable adjective
• • anticipator noun

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