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Anticipate

/ænˈtɪsəpeɪt/
To expect or predict something to happen in the future.

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Examples:

'I anticipated that possibility, sir.

How to anticipate and adapt to change quickly.

The judge anticipated Jephson's objection to this and bellowed, "Objection sustained."

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from Latin anticipatus, the past participle of anticipare, meaning to take care of ahead of time or to assume.

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