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{
"term": "anticipate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "anticipate",
"heSheIt": "anticipates"
},
"pastSimple": "anticipated",
"pastParticiple": "anticipated",
"ingForm": "anticipating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to expect something",
"sensetop": "anticipate somethinganticipate doing somethinganticipate something doing somethinganticipate that…it is anticipated that…",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We don't anticipate any major problems.",
"contextForm": "anticipate something"
},
{
"text": "Our anticipated arrival time is 8.30."
},
{
"text": "The eagerly anticipated movie will be released next month."
},
{
"text": "They anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the year.",
"contextForm": "anticipate doing something"
},
{
"text": "I don't anticipate it being a problem.",
"contextForm": "anticipate something doing something"
},
{
"text": "We anticipate that sales will rise next year.",
"contextForm": "anticipate that…"
},
{
"text": "It is anticipated that inflation will stabilize at 3 per cent.",
"contextForm": "it is anticipated that…"
},
{
"text": "The band today announced details of their widely anticipated third album."
},
{
"text": "The dog sat up, anticipating a biscuit."
}
],
"collocations": {
"phrases": [
"be eagerly anticipated",
"be highly anticipated",
"be hotly anticipated"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to see what might happen in the future and take action to prepare for it",
"sensetop": "anticipate somethinganticipate what, how, that, etc…",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.",
"contextForm": "anticipate something"
},
{
"text": "Try and anticipate what the interviewers will ask.",
"contextForm": "anticipate what, how, that, etc…"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to think with pleasure and excitement about something that is going to happen",
"sensetop": "anticipate (doing) somethinganticipate (something doing) something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We eagerly anticipated the day we would leave school."
},
{
"text": "The more I anticipated arriving somewhere, the more disappointed I was."
}
],
"collocations": {
"phrases": [
"be eagerly anticipated",
"be highly anticipated",
"be hotly anticipated"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to do something before it can be done by somebody else",
"sensetop": "anticipate somebody (doing something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When Scott reached the South Pole he found that Amundsen had anticipated him."
}
],
"synonyms": "forestall"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipate__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪts/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪts/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "an/anticipate/anticipating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘to take something into consideration’, ‘mention something before the proper time’): from Latin anticipat- ‘acted in advance’, from anticipare, based on ante- ‘before’ + capere ‘take’."
}