anticipate (verb)

  • 101predict — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, forespeak, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give notice, herald, indicate,… …

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  • 102presage — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, augurari, augurate, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, have a presentiment,… …

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  • 103suppose — I verb allude to, anticipate, assume, believe, be of the opinion, calculate, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deduct, deem, estimate, expect, feel, gather, gauge, generalize, guess, hint, hypothesize, imagine, imply, infer,… …

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  • 104Existence (Philosophy of) 1 — Philosophy of existence 1 Heidegger Jacques Taminiaux At the very outset and up to the end, the long philosophical journey of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) remained oriented by a single question, the question of Being, the Seinsfrage. This does… …

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  • 105forestall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. thwart, prevent. See hindrance, earliness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hinder] Syn. thwart, prevent, avert; see hinder , prevent . 2. [To anticipate] Syn. provide against, be ready for, get ahead of; …

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  • 106mean — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. humble; ignoble; in significant; stingy, miserly; sor did, niggardly. See parsimony, servility, badness. II Midway Nouns mean, medium; average, normal, rule, balance; mediocrity, generality;… …

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  • 107wait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stay, linger, tarry, abide, remain, bide [one s time], sit tight, cool one s heels (sl.), sweat it out (sl.); dally, procrastinate, delay; serve, attend; await, expect, look for. See expectation. II… …

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  • 108bargain for — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. expect, plan on, foresee; see anticipate 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) or on verb To look forward to confidently: anticipate, await, count on, depend on (or upon), expect, look for, wait (for). Informal: figure on. See… …

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  • 109prepare — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make oneself ready] Syn. get ready, foresee, arrange, make preparations, make arrangements, fit, adapt, qualify, put in order, adjust, set one s house in order, prime, fix, settle, fabricate, appoint, furnish, elaborate,… …

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  • 110preoccupate — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin praeoccupatus, past participle of praeoccupare to seize beforehand, anticipate 1. obsolete a. : to take before : anticipate b …

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