Anticipate

Definition

anticipate /æn'tÇsÇpeÇt/ v ၁။ (က) ႀကိဳတင္ေမွ်ာ္မွန္းသည္။ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္သည္။ Do you anticipate (meeting) any trouble? ❍ We anticipate that demand is likely to increase. (ခ) ေမွ်ာ္မွန္းထားၿပီး ႀကိဳတင္ျပင္ဆင္သည္။ their ability to anticipate and respond to changes in fashion. ❍ We had anticipated that the weather would turn cold and had taken our coats. ❍ A good general can anticipate what the enemy will do. ၂။ ( fml ) လက္ဦးမႈယူသည္။ လက္ဦးမႈ ရသည္။ When Scott reached the South Pole he found Amundsen had anticipated him. ❍ We anticipated their (making a) complaint by writing a full report ourselves. ၃။ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ေစာင့္စားသည္။ We eagerly anticipated the day we would leave school. ❏ anticipatory /æntÇsÇ'peÇtǝri/ adj ( fml ) လက္ဦးမႈ ရယူေသာ။ a fast anticipatory movement by the goalkeeper.

Examples

1. The organizers hadn’t anticipated the huge interest there was in the event.
2. The building will be completed around six months earlier than anticipated.
3. [anticipate (that)] : We anticipate that the river level will rise very slowly.
4. [anticipate (someone/something) doing something] : We don’t anticipate this causing any difficulties.
5. The film
6. due to be released in the spring
7. is being eagerly anticipated by the critics.
8. Luckily we had anticipated the question.
9. The businesses that will survive will be those that anticipate changes in technology.