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предви́деть — meaning in English

predvidet

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English meaning

  • anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
  • foresee verb To know or realize something will happen before it does.
  • foreshadow verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.

Senses

предви́деть is used for these senses in English:

  • anticipate (transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
  • be in for (idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
  • foreknow To have knowledge of beforehand.
  • foresee (obsolete) To provide.
  • foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
  • see coming (informal, of a thing, person, or occurrence) To notice in advance, especially to recognise as a threat or problem; to foresee.

anticipate — full definition

  1. verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
  2. verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.

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