French Conversation · Level 33
90 words
French word
anticiper
Pronunciation
IPA/ɑ̃tisipe/
Meaning
- verbanticipate
Example
J'anticipe le trafic et je pars plus tôt.
I anticipate traffic and leave earlier.
More examples
Elle a anticipé les conséquences.
She anticipated the consequences.
Core concept
A person sees an approaching event early and moves preparations ahead of it.
Common phrases
anticiper les conséquences
anticipate the consequences
anticiper un retard
anticipate a delay
anticiper une dépense
anticipate an expense
Similar words
prévoir: To predict what will happen and make plans for it.
s'attendre à: To expect a specific event to happen.
préparer: To arrange needed items or procedures ahead of time.
Definition in French
Estimer qu'une situation va arriver et agir avant qu'elle ne se produise.
Word origin
French anticiper is a learned borrowing from Late Latin anticipare, built from ante, 'before', and capere, 'take'.
Usage tips
- Anticiper takes a direct object in standard uses, as in 'anticiper le trafic'; 'anticiper à' is not the normal construction.
Other meanings
- foreseeverb
- expectverb
Opposites
- réagirreactverb
Related words
- anticipationanticipationnoun
- anticipébrought forwardadjective