Engineers anticipate that the new bridge will reduce commute times by at least twenty minutes during peak hours.
工程师们预计，新桥将在高峰时段将通勤时间至少缩短二十分钟。
Novelist Ravi Chandrasekhar argues that an ending's inevitability, once achieved, actually undermines its capacity to surprise, since readers who sense a story's direction too clearly will anticipate its conclusion well before reaching it.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- Researchers concluded this suggested a capacity for planning that anticipates future needs.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “anticipate”?
A — To expect, foresee. “anticipate” means to expect, foresee.
Which word means “to expect, foresee”?
A — anticipate. “anticipate” means to expect, foresee.
anticipate — to expect, foresee. In Chinese: 预期，期待.
anticipate is pronounced /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/.
Engineers anticipate that the new bridge will reduce commute times by at least twenty minutes during peak hours. (工程师们预计，新桥将在高峰时段将通勤时间至少缩短二十分钟。)
expect, foresee, predict — all close in meaning to anticipate (to expect, foresee).
doubt, be surprised by — each the opposite of anticipate (to expect, foresee).
Yes. anticipate is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
anti(before)+cip(grasp)