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| anticipate |
to expect and prepare for something in advance. [1/2 definitions] |
| deliberate |
When something is deliberate, it is planned very carefully in advance and carried out in a careful way. [1/3 definitions] |
| expect |
to know in advance or believe certain or likely to happen. [1/5 definitions] |
| foresee |
to see in advance as likely to happen; predict. |
| in advance |
When you do something in advance, you do it before some event in the future, often to make sure you are ready for it or to make sure there will be no problems. Sometimes people want you to do something in advance in order to prevent any problems for them. |
| predict |
to tell in advance that something will happen. |
| prepared |
composed in advance. [1/2 definitions] |
| root1 |
the part of a word to which other word parts, such as suffixes and prefixes, can be added--or a free-standing word with no other word parts. The word "heat" is a free-standing word that also functions as a root. When you combine this root with the prefix "pre-," for example, you get a new word, "preheat," that means to heat up in advance. [1/9 definitions] |
| subscription |
If you have a subscription to something, you have paid in advance for a certain number of magazines, newspapers, or tickets to a series of events, or you have paid for full access to something online. |
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