anticipated

[ an-tis-uh-pey-tid ]

adjective

1. 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.

2. looked forward to:

   The hotly anticipated sequel is set to be released on November 14.

verb

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

Other Words From

• un·an·tic·i·pat·ed adjective
• well-an·tic·i·pat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anticipated¹

anticipate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

It's not that the process is going slower than expected, we've always anticipated it would take some time.

From The Daily Beast

The highly anticipated sixth season of the hilarious spy-spoof will premiere on FX at 10 pm EST on January 8, 2015.

From The Daily Beast

When the song ended, Wembore anticipated a fight and took off, pleased with the subversion of his dance.

From The Daily Beast

The announcement was not only highly anticipated, but one that many started to fear might never come.

From The Daily Beast

“I certainly would not have anticipated the degree to which this has become a huge issue again,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

The crowd dispersed, disappointed; cheated out of their anticipated scene of an arrest for horse-stealing.

From Project Gutenberg

I did not anticipate a tour of pleasure through Ireland, but the reality is more painful than I anticipated.

From Project Gutenberg

The hotel-keepers thought I was the American tourist overtaken by that final madness they had always anticipated.

From Project Gutenberg

Meantime Bahia, actuated by the same spirit as Rio, had anticipated the revolution at that place.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, as Jessie had confidently anticipated, another figure emerged as if from the door of the garden and hailed the other hansom.

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