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adjective
Known to be about to arrive
Synonyms: expected, foreseen, due, predictable, awaited, prepared for, scheduled, hoped-for
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verb
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Synonyms: foreseen, preceded, countered, promised, divined, blocked, foreboded, apprehended, called, intercepted, hindered, prognosticated, forestalled, foreknown, precluded, foretold, delayed, predicted, envisioned
Antonyms: ignored, neglected
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verb
Regard something as probable or likely
Synonyms: expected, predicted, assumed, waited, prophesied, seen, prepared, surmised, precluded, awaited, envisioned, precipitated, forecasted, obviated, conjectured, hoped, divined, forestalled, supposed, foreseen, figured, contemplated, prognosticated, countered, augured
Antonyms: feared, doubted
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verb
Realize beforehand
Synonyms: foreseen, foresaw, foreknown, foreknew
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verb
To deal with beforehand; act so as to mitigate, nullify, or prevent:
Synonyms: expected