anticipate
verb (used with object)
to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee.
will have anticipated
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future perfectof anticipate.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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But at some point the stock market will have anticipated the worst and begin to move higher, even in the face of recession-like conditions.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is impossible to know precisely what problems George W. Bush or Al Gore will face as President, but there surely will be some that nobody will have anticipated.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will have anticipated the use which I purpose to make of them in connection with the Luther Commemoration.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren
You will have anticipated my motive for selecting this text now.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
You will have anticipated my purpose in selecting this text.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
