单词 | anticipated |
释义 | anticipatedadj. 1. Taken or occurring in advance or beforehand. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > anticipating or forestalling > anticipated anticipated1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anticipé, anticipated, prevented, forestalled. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. i. 70 The Heavens had put on anticipated Mourning. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anticipation, or anticipated diseases. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 121 The waking stars [in an eclipse]..Peep out and gem the anticipated night. 2. Used beforehand, as money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > spent (well or ill) > in advance of having money anticipated1781 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 559 Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid. 3. Apprehended beforehand, looked for, expected. ΘΚΠ 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 1814 R. Southey Roderick xv, The anticipated meeting put to flight These painful thoughts. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. 185 The anticipated storm at length gave notice of its coming. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1611 |
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