anticipated

an-tic-i-pat-ed · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *anticipate*: expected or predicted.

  2. 2.

    Expected or predicted to happen.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    long-anticipated — Awaited for a long time.
  • •
    much-anticipated — Eagerly awaited by many.
  • •
    highly anticipated — Expected with great interest.

Related words

Antonyms: surprising, unanticipated, unexpected
See also: anticipate, anticipation, expected, unanticipated
Synonyms: awaited, expected, foreseen, predicted

Etymology

Past participle of anticipate, from Latin anticipatus, from anticipare ("to take beforehand"), from ante ("before") + capere ("to take").