anticipated
- 1Simple past and past participle of anticipate.
The committee anticipated strong opposition to the new policy.
Analysts had anticipated the market downturn for months.
Note
One spelling does the work of both the simple past and the participle. The participle follows have in perfect tenses (had anticipated the downturn) and be in passives (was widely anticipated). The verb's sense of acting first also lives in this form: a rival who anticipated your move got there before you, rather than merely expecting it. Before a noun, the participle shades into the adjective for what is expected.
- 2Expected to arrive or take place at a scheduled time.
The anticipated shipment arrived two days ahead of schedule.
Organizers prepared the hall for the anticipated crowd of visitors.
Oppositeunexpected, unforeseen
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anticipated is a form of anticipate
anticipate, verb: To know or expect that something will happen before it actually occurs. Full entry
- Forms
- anticipateanticipates he/she/itanticipating -ing formanticipated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- anticipate → anticipated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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