0 past simple and past participle of anticipate --
1 to imagine or expect that something will happen: --
The anticipated inflation figure is lower than last month's.
[ + question word ] At this stage we can't really anticipate what will happen.
[ + that ] They anticipate that they will have several applicants for the job
[ + -ing verb ] They anticipate having several applicants for the job.
We had one or two difficulties along the way that we didn't anticipate.
We don't anticipate any trouble.
2 to take action in preparation for something that you think will happen: --
The army anticipated (= took action in preparation for) the explosion by evacuating the town.
Then they listened to the text, checking off predictions and vocabulary they had anticipated and adding new information.
Symons anticipated the future of cultural criticism as a professional activity, and these essays equate critical perception with a statement of potentially exclusive expertise.
We also anticipated that gender would moderate the differences in the effects of perceived teacher support on self-esteem and depression.
Event-driven analysis of efficacy data is anticipated to commence in 2008.
Consequently, investments in information technology in manufacturing environments have not resulted in the anticipated increases in productivity.
Anticipated painful stimulation would elicit a different pattern of responses.
Therefore, the simulations say little about the anticipated impact of government matching for younger workers.
The household allocates labor across the alternative uses conditional on anticipated ex post optimal choices of consumption volumes.
