anticipated

adjective

expected to arrive; scheduled

Synonyms

hoped-for

Related words

anticipatedly
unanticipated

Example sentences

“Do you think they anticipated this outcome?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“It's going to be a bit longer than I anticipated.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “anticipated” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.