anticipate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To expect something to happen and be ready for it.

   We anticipate heavy traffic, so we should leave early.

2. 2
   verb

   To look forward to something with excitement.

   The children eagerly anticipated the start of their summer holiday.

3. 3
   verb

   To do something before someone else, or to act in order to prevent something.

   A good chess player can anticipate the opponent's next move.

Borrowed from Latin anticipātus, perfect passive participle of anticipō (“to anticipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ante- (“before”), + capiō (“to take”, cip- when prefixed) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See capable.

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