Anticipate
Anticipate verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).
Adumbrate and anticipate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Adumbrate" instead a verb "Anticipate".
Adumbrate
Adumbrate verb - To give a slight indication of beforehand.
Usage example: the strife in Bloody Kansas in the 1850s adumbrated the civil war that would follow
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Synonyms for Adumbrate
Anticipate and adumbrate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anticipate" instead a verb "Adumbrate".
Nearby Words: adumbration, adumbrative, adumbrating
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Related pairs
- block and anticipate
- block and adumbrate
- promise and anticipate
- promise and adumbrate
- call and anticipate
- call and adumbrate
- mean and anticipate
- mean and adumbrate
- forecast and anticipate
- forecast and adumbrate
- prophesy and anticipate
- prophesy and adumbrate
- figure and anticipate
- figure and adumbrate
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