Anticipate is to eagerly await something or to sense, respond, or act before someone or something, often to prevent an action.
The word anticipate originates from the Latin word anticipare meaning "foreknowledge, to take before (an event)".
Anticipate is the sixth of fourteen (14) concepts of Volition. Anticipate is conceived and chosen in the mind, before it is exhibited in intention or behavior.
To anticipate is equivalent to the concept of hope.