{
    "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’."
}