anticipate

Etymology
From, perfect passive participle of ; from , +. See.

Verb

 * 1)  To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
 * 2) * c. 1824 (written, published in 1891), Fragment on Popery
 * When two parties, each formidable for their numbers, and the weight of their influence and property, are animated by an equal degree of zeal, it is natural to anticipate the final success of that which possesses the most inherent strength.
 * 1) to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
 * 2) to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
 * 3) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
 * 2) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)
 * 1) to eagerly wait for (something)

Usage notes
The words and  both regard some future event as likely to take place. Nowadays they are often used interchangeably although anticipate is associated with acting because of an expectation: e.g. "skilled sportsmen anticipate the action and position themselves accordingly".

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: anticipi
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προλαμβάνω
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Latin: anticipō
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: anticipi
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Arabic: تَوَقَّعَ, اِرْتَقَبَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, vorausahnen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προλαμβάνω
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: praesūmō, anteveniō
 * Latvian:
 * Maori: whakaneinei
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tocharian B: päkw-


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: antaŭĝoji
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: izgatottan/örömmel/repesve/türelmetlenül vár,