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Anticipated   /æntˈɪsəpˌeɪtəd/  /æntˈɪsəpˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
adjective
anticipated  adj.  
1.
Expected; opposite of unanticipated and unexpected.
Synonyms: awaited(predicate), hoped-for, prospective
2.
Rightfully expected.
Synonyms: looked-for(prenominal).





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"Anticipated" Quotes from Famous Books



... tell you I am certain of it; I need not explain myself further. What will the grand ecuyer do? The King, as he rightly anticipated, has gone to consult the Cardinal. To consult him is to yield to him; but the treaty of Spain is signed. If it be discovered, what can Monsieur de Cinq-Mars do? Do not tremble thus. We will save him; we will save his life, I promise you. There is ...
— Cinq Mars, Complete • Alfred de Vigny
... take this—this decisive step, my love; for, as you must perceive, it is impossible that there should be two chiefs in a family: and now, if you please, we will resume the dictation. 'My dear brother, the melancholy intelligence which it is my duty to convey to my family must have been long anticipated ...
— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray
... doors the two met their first obstacle, but they had anticipated its presence Two guards ...
— Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon
... procured him civic honours (a thing unheard of in our times), and he has been invited, in his character of ELIA, to dine at a select party with the Lord Mayor. We should prefer this distinction to that of being poet-laureat. We would recommend to Mr. Waithman's perusal (if Mr. Lamb has not anticipated us) the Rosamond Gray and the John Woodvil of the same author, as an agreeable relief to the noise of a city feast, and the heat of city elections. A friend, a short time ago, quoted some lines[A] from ...
— The Spirit of the Age - Contemporary Portraits • William Hazlitt
... which Mary had been an almost constant inmate at Rose Hall; but the day of Lady Emily's fete arrived, and with something of hope and expectation fluttering at her heart, she anticipated her debut in the ball-room. She repaired to the breakfast-table of her venerable friend with even more than usual hilarity; but, upon entering the apartment, her gaiety fled; for she was struck with the emotion visible on the countenance of Mrs. Lennox. Her meek but tearful eyes were raised ...
— Marriage • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier


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