English-Portuguese translations for anticipate

• antecipar
  É necessário antecipar os acontecimentos, mas não o fazemos. We should anticipate events, but we do not.
  O que quero eu dizer com "antecipar”? What do I mean by 'anticipate'?
  Não devemos antecipar-nos aos acontecimentos. We should not anticipate events.
• antecipar-se
  A União tem de estar disposta a antecipar-se às sanções das Nações Unidas. The Union must be prepared to anticipate the UN sanctions.
• prever
  Não são de prever melhorias no clima. We cannot anticipate any improvement in the climate.
  As Nações Unidas têm de ser capazes de prever e de impedir. The United Nations must be able to anticipate and prevent.
  Por conseguinte, seria um grande erro tentar prever o resultado. It would therefore be quite wrong to try to anticipate the outcome.

Definition of anticipate

• To act before , especially to prevent an action
• to take up or introduce prematurely
• to know of before it happens; to expect
• to eagerly wait for (something

Examples

• The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument
• to anticipate the pleasures of a visit
• to anticipate the evils of life
• Please anticipate a journey of an hour from your house to the airport
• Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas

Related words

• anticipation
• anticipatory
• anticipated
• anticipating
• anticipatorily
• anticipative
• anticipatedly
• anticipatingly
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