verb (v)

• regard something as probable or likely(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  expect
  

  source: wordnet30
• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  counter, foresee, forestall
  

  source: wordnet30
• realize beforehand(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  foreknow, foresee, previse
  

  source: wordnet30
• make a prediction about; tell in advance(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
  

  source: wordnet30
• be excited or anxious about(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  look for, look to
  

  source: wordnet30
• be a forerunner of or occur earlier than(verb.change)

  Example:
  This composition anticipates Impressionism.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.(verb)

  source: webster1913