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Meaning of anticipate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  anticipate
      v 1: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists
           are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: {expect},
           {anticipate}]
      2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
         {anticipate}, {foresee}, {forestall}, {counter}]
      3: realize beforehand [syn: {anticipate}, {previse}, {foreknow},
         {foresee}]
      4: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
         of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {prognosticate},
         {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}]
      5: be excited or anxious about [syn: {anticipate}, {look for},
         {look to}]
      6: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition
         anticipates Impressionism"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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