ennakoida — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- forecast verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
- foreshadow verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
- forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- predict verb To say what will happen in the future, based on knowledge, evidence, or reasoning.
- usher noun A person who shows people to their seats, for example at a wedding, cinema, or theatre.
Senses
ennakoida is used for these senses in English:
- anticipate (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
- anticipate (transitive) To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
- forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
- foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
- forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
- predict (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
- usher (figurative) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
anticipate — full definition
- verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.
forecast — full definition
- verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
- noun A prediction about future conditions, especially the weather.