ex anteadj.adv.
/ɛks ˈanti/ Economics.
Based on predicted or expected results; forecast, anticipated. Also transferred, and occasionally as adv. opposed to ex post adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected
futurec1374
in a possibility1523
forestalled1543
looked-for1548
anticipatec1550
expected1558
long-looked-for1562
looked1565
in expectation1570
expectable1619
expecting1621
in perspective1633
unsurprising1671
in prospect1694
perspective1710
in prospective1746–7
prospective1809
anticipated1814
presumable1825
anticipatable1872
ex ante1937
1937 Econ. Jrnl. 47 55 This analysis of income and capital values with the aid of ‘ex-post’ and ‘ex-ante’ concepts is independent of the timeless equilibrium construction.
1958 W. Stark Sociol. of Knowl. vi. 256 It is the tragedy of all choice in freedom, that the freedom vanishes when the choice is taken... [This] means..that what is in fact only multivocally determined ex ante may appear univocally determined ex post.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 July 826/2 In deciding ex ante upon its research expenditure, the giant must have the large markets of the developed countries in mind.
1982 Lloyds Bank Rev. July 1 Lack of equality between ex ante private sector investment and saving at the full employment level of income.
1987 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 July 799/1 The ex-ante profitability of investing in the Empire.
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