Wat betekent anticipate in het Engels en wat is de definitie van anticipate?

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0 to imagine or expect that something will happen:
- We don't anticipate any trouble.
- We had one or two difficulties along the way that we didn't anticipate.
- Are you anticipating a lot of people at the party tonight?
- [ + -ing verb ] They anticipate having several applicants for the job.
- [ + that ] They anticipate that they will have several applicants for the job
- [ + question word ] At this stage we can't really anticipate what will happen.
- The anticipated inflation figure is lower than last month's.
1 to take action in preparation for something that you think will happen:
- It's always best to anticipate a problem before it arises.
- The army anticipated (= took action in preparation for) the explosion by evacuating the town.
2 to imagine or expect that something will happen, sometimes taking action in preparation for it:
- No job cuts are anticipated under the new ownership.
- [ + (that) clause ] I don’t anticipate (that) we’ll solve all our problems with one meeting.
- We anticipate criticism but plan to go ahead anyway.
- [ + question word ] At this stage we can’t anticipate what will happen.
3 to imagine or expect that something will happen:
- anticipate problems/difficulties It's always best to anticipate problems before they arise.
- The anticipated inflation figure is lower than last month's.
- anticipate that They anticipate that their lawyers will appeal the decision, though that process could take at least nine months.

We've tried to anticipate the most likely problems, but it's impossible to be prepared for every eventuality.
We don't anticipate any snags with the negotiations.
We thought the concert in the park would be popular but we didn't anticipate so many people turning up.
The holiday cost a lot more than we had anticipated.
Police are anticipating trouble at tonight's game.
If they anticipate their actual signing to be quick, they can quickly feign signing as well.
Principally, the participants took longer than anticipated to make their choices.
Researchers, for instance, can help shape results by anticipating preferred outcomes and subtly providing conditions that favor their development.