Anticipates

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To expect or foresee an occurrence while making prior arrangements to accommodate it and to eagerly await an upcoming event with enthusiasm
2. To foresee potential developments, take preparatory actions ahead of time, and look forward with excitement to what is about to happen
3. To regard as likely to occur in the future ; to take steps before a situation arises in order to be ready

Etymology: The verb "anticipates" is simply the third-person singular present form of "anticipate," so the real story belongs to the base word, which is built from two Latin parts meaning roughly "take before." Its root is "capere," "to take," the same root found in "capable" and "capture," with the prefix "ante-" meaning "before" added in front. The Latin verb "anticipare" therefore literally meant "to take beforehand," and English borrowed its past participle form, "anticipatus," directly from Latin. The sense of seizing something early is the key to the modern meaning. A Latin speaker who took something before its proper time was getting ahead of events, and English kept that idea of forestalling. Expecting a thing to happen and preparing for it both grow from this same notion: you grab the future before it arrives and act on it in advance.

Synonyms: expects, foresees, predicts, forecasts, awaits

Antonyms: doubts, disregards