Hyphenation of anticipate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word anticipate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

an-tic-i-pate

Definitions of anticipate:

1.	Regard something as probable or likely The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
2.	Act in advance of Deal with ahead of time
3.	Realize beforehand
4.	Make a prediction about Tell in advance Call the outcome of an election
5.	Be excited or anxious about
6.	Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than This composition anticipates Impressionism

Synonyms of anticipate:

verb	expect, judge
verb	foresee, forestall, counter, act, move
verb	previse, foreknow, foresee, know
verb	predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, promise, guess, venture, pretend, hazard
verb	look for, look to, expect, look, await, wait
verb	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

Last hyphenations of this language

approval endorse cornice comprehensibility colorimetry lamper unimaginative behaviour laud Doreen rarebit tripolitan collectedness Haleyville diction equalitarian directness Paine parlous diethyl

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.