anticiper
/ɑ̃.ti.si.pe/
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- anticipe
- past
- a anticipé
- perfect
- anticipé
Meaning
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to anticipate
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Le magasin anticipe une forte demande à Noël.
The store anticipates high demand at Christmas.
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L'entreprise a anticipé la hausse des prix en achetant ses matériaux plus tôt. Cette décision lui a fait économiser beaucoup d'argent.
The company anticipated the price increase by buying its materials earlier. That decision saved it a lot of money.
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Similar words
"aller au-devant de" and anticiper are close synonyms for "to anticipate," largely interchangeable.
Practice
1 What does anticiper mean?
to anticipate
2 Fill the gap: Le magasin ___ une forte demande à Noël.
Full sentence: Le magasin anticipe une forte demande à Noël. (The store anticipates high demand at Christmas.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches anticiper?
anticiper: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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