Meanings
adjectiveanticipatory (not comparable)
- not comparableCharacterized by anticipation.
The children were all wearing anticipatory grins as the cake was served.
nounanticipatory (plural anticipatories)
plural anticipatories
- abbreviationclippingClipping of anticipatory offense.
- abbreviationclippingClipping of anticipatory medicine.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivein anticipation
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan anticipant
- anticipantcharacterized by anticipation
Esperanto anticipa
- anticipacharacterized by anticipation
Polish antycypacyjny
- antycypacyjnycharacterized by anticipation
Portuguese antecipatório
- antecipatóriocharacterized by anticipation
Spanish en anticipación, en previsión
- en anticipacióncharacterized by anticipation
- en previsióncharacterized by anticipation
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APA
anticipatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticipatory
MLA
“anticipatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticipatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticipatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticipatory.
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