anticipate vs. look forward in business writing
2012年12月24日 · A hotel could write "We anticipate a railroad workers' strike on the day of your arrival, so please plan to take the bus," or "We anticipate several power failures due to weather during your visit." These are not pleasant thoughts, either. As others have posted, the verb "to anticipate" does not carry a sense of pleasure like "to look forward to."
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2010年10月25日 · anticipate seeing 750 hits anticipate to see 508 hits. Some of the latter are examples of apposition ("to anticipate, to see"), some are clearly written by non-native speakers. Others I can't explain, except in terms of Gwan's explanation of a confusion with "expect"; the meaning of "anticipate" is often confused with that of "expect", too.
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2012年1月28日 · As Dreamlike says (post #3) to anticipate is to look forward to. I think Sound Shift's solution is British. In American English, we'd be more likely to say, "I'm moving the meeting up to the 10th of February", or "I'm changing the date of the meeting; it will be one month earlier, on the 10th of February."
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2010年12月16日 · anticipate implies you are looking forward with enjoyment to something that is going to happen Examples: I predict it will rain tomorrow. I expect everyone will be on their best behavior today. I'm expecting the package tomorrow I …
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2016年10月17日 · To anticipate these issues means they can forsee that there might be problems for studnets. Assumptions is defined as something quite different. This is when the teacher makes assumptions about existing knowledge their students already have so that they lesson can proceed based on prior learning / knowledge that the students have.
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2008年9月19日 · Anticipate: Prever/anticipar Entiendo que anticipar sí puede ser es lo mismo que anticipate pero no en todos los casos: to look forward to; expect to anticipate a pleasant vacation to make happen earlier; precipitate Adelantar /Anticipar. to prevent by action in advance; forestall to anticipate an opponent's blows : Prever/anticiparse
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2011年6月10日 · Anticipate does not mean to bring forward or advance something in time. It means to think about in advance, prepare for or foresee something. It's not a verb that acts directly on its object. I don't see anything wrong with your first suggestion.
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2008年2月25日 · Kindly anticipate a document divided into strategic and tactical (BP) questions with its corresponding ...
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2007年10月17日 · anticipate expect imagine cost: Here is my estimation by checking the oxford dictionary: It cost 5$ (cost: state = value) Has the project been costed? (cost: action = estimate the price of the expense) I can't interpret the first three words' state and action totally the forth that I'm unsure about also.
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2007年1月23日 · Since I am not sure yet which day exactly will be my last day at work in my resume I would like to write: 03/1998 - anticipt. 05/2007 (is the word anticipate correct here or is it better to use probably, presumably, expectedly...and how do I …