предвосхища́ть — meaning in English
predvoskhishchat
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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.
- forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
Senses
предвосхища́ть is used for these senses in English:
- anticipate (transitive) To take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
- foresee (obsolete) To provide.
- foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
- forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
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.