To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action
To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" realize beforehand be excited or anxious about act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs. What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war. = expect
If you anticipate something, you do it, think it, or say it before someone else does. In the 50s, Rauschenberg anticipated the conceptual art movement of the 80s