anticipate

anticipate
transitive verb
1) (expect) erwarten; (foresee) voraussehen

anticipate rain/trouble — mit Regen/Ärger rechnen

2) (discuss or consider before due time) vorwegnehmen; antizipieren

anticipate somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache zuvorkommen

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[æn'tisəpeit]
verb
1) (to expect (something): I'm not anticipating any trouble.) erwarten
2) (to see what is going to be wanted, required etc in the future and do what is necessary: A businessman must try to anticipate what his customers will want.) voraussehen
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an·tici·pate
[ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt, AM -ˈtɪsə-]
vt
1. (expect)
to \anticipate sth etw erwarten, mit etw dat rechnen; (foresee) etw vorhersehen [o vorausahnen]; (predict) etw prognostizieren
2. (act in advance)
to \anticipate sth etw dat vorgreifen
she \anticipated his every wish sie kam all seinen Wünschen zuvor
to \anticipate one's inheritance sein Erbe im Voraus verbrauchen
3. (be first)
to \anticipate sb/sth jdm/etw vorausgehen
is it true that Eric the Red \anticipated Columbus in discovering America? stimmt es, dass Erich der Rote Amerika vor Kolumbus entdeckt hat?
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[n'tIsIpeɪt]
1. vt
1) (= expect) erwarten

as anticipated — wie vorausgesehen or erwartet

2) (= see in advance) vorausberechnen, vorhersehen; (= see in advance and cater for) objection, need etc zuvorkommen (+dat)

he always has to anticipate what his opponent will do next — er muss immer vorhersehen können or vorausahnen, was sein Gegner als Nächstes tun wird

don't anticipate what I'm going to say — nimm nicht vorweg, was ich noch sagen wollte

3) (= do before sb else) zuvorkommen (+dat)

in his discovery he was anticipated by others a phrase which anticipates a later theme (Mus) — bei seiner Entdeckung sind ihm andere zuvorgekommen eine Melodie, die auf ein späteres Thema vor(aus)greift

4) (= do, use, act on prematurely) income im Voraus ausgeben; inheritance im Voraus in Anspruch nehmen
2. vi
(manager, driver, chess player etc) vorauskalkulieren
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anticipate [ænˈtısıpeıt]
A v/t
1. voraussehen, (voraus)ahnen
2. erwarten, rechnen mit:
anticipate that … damit rechnen, dass …;
I don’t anticipate seeing him ich rechne nicht damit, ihn zu sehen;
anticipated profit WIRTSCH voraussichtlicher oder erwarteter Gewinn
3. im Voraus tun oder erwähnen
4. vorwegnehmen (auch Patentrecht):
anticipated interest WIRTSCH vorweggenommene Zinsen
5. jemandem, einem Wunsch etc zuvorkommen (by um):
anticipate sb’s every wish jemandem jeden Wunsch von den Augen ablesen
6. fig beschleunigen
7. WIRTSCH
a) vor Fälligkeit oder vorzeitig bezahlen oder einlösen
b) Gelder etc im Voraus oder vorzeitig verbrauchen:
anticipated payment Vorauszahlung f
8. fig vorbauen (dat), verhindern (akk)
B v/i
1. vorgreifen (in einer Erzählung)
2. Tennis etc: antizipieren
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transitive verb
1) (expect) erwarten; (foresee) voraussehen

anticipate rain/trouble — mit Regen/Ärger rechnen

2) (discuss or consider before due time) vorwegnehmen; antizipieren
3) (forestall)

anticipate somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache zuvorkommen

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v.
erwarten v.
vorwegnehmen v.

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