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anticipated

[ an-tis-uh-pey-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

predicted, foreseen, or expected:
New, more efficient heating equipment will lower your energy bills, and the installment payments are calculated so that they can be offset by the anticipated energy savings.
looked forward to:
The hotly anticipated sequel is set to be released on November 14.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of anticipate ( def ).

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anticipated¹

anticipate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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��’s getting newly registered cars on the road so fast is the fear that the Trump administration’s trade wars will starkly increase car prices, prompting motorists to buy new cars before the anticipated price hike.

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This is a bout already with a significant weight disparity and this incident - and Benn coming in lighter than anticipated - has only shone a brighter light on that.

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That would accelerate a decline in American economic influence far faster than anyone anticipated.

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But his judgment is even worse than his critics anticipated.

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“Sinners,” the highly anticipated period drama delivering a mashup of horror, music and vampires, scored a solid opening, topping the holiday box office with $45.6 million.

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