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anticipating

[ an-tis-uh-pey-ting ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

looking forward to something; expecting or waiting for something:
In the absence of an exact launch date for the new version, the eagerly anticipating fans will have to be patient.
thinking, speaking, acting, etc., in advance:
The fast pace of the business environment makes it imperative for organizations to adopt an anticipating stance toward changes.

First recorded in 1605–15; anticipate ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Studies show that people even experience pleasure from anticipating trips.

A bemused line reading sneaks in when you are anticipating a hammy hard sell.

We are not commemorating her—we are cherishing her and celebrating her and anticipating her return.

Evanhaim is anticipating a climate in which state-wide regulations require them: “We always want to be ahead of things.”

At their luckiest, some writers skewer the present while accidentally anticipating events to come.

There's no use anticipating things disagreeable or otherwise; we'll simply have to take them as they come.

The chance had come in my way, but in anticipating it I had somehow always contemplated operating on some poor boy or old woman.

As for Laura, she continued in her sullenness, anticipating with resentment the assault about to be made upon her soul.

No one remonstrated when once more recourse was had to the fatal policy of anticipating the annual conscription.

A nurse stood over him bathing his wounds to cool the fever, combing his hair, and anticipating all his wants.

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