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What does anticipate mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
  2. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
  3. to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
  4. to eagerly wait for (something)
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I anticipate it is unnecessary to say anything about justiciability, no one present having raised the issue.
We can anticipate the re-formation of a native-born American farm-laboring class.
If the market is stable, why take time trying to anticipate future requirements?
Let him anticipate the Judgment Day, and in spirit stand before the Throne and propose, if he dares, the question to God Almighty.
In the interim we anticipate the securing of a green-belt site and the building of a 15,000 all-seater, all-purpose stadium.
A few days before the arrival of the news of peace, he received private advices from the Continent which led him to anticipate it.

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