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happen vs anticipate

anticipate vs happen

happen and anticipate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
happen No No Yes No
anticipate No No Yes No
As verbs, anticipate is a hyponym of happen; that is, anticipate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than happen:
  • happen: come to pass
  • anticipate: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
Other hyponyms of happen include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.
happen (verb) anticipate (verb)
come to pass be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
come into being; become reality regard something as probable or likely
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance realize beforehand
come upon, as if by accident; meet with make a prediction about; tell in advance
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation be excited or anxious about
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
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