Anticipate and Create

Anticipate

Anticipate verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

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Create and anticipate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Create" instead a verb "Anticipate".

Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Anticipate and create are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anticipate" instead a verb "Create".

life	anticipate life	create life
form	anticipate form	create form
effect	anticipate effect	create effect
situation	anticipate situation	create situation
Other words: game, effects, tension.

Awesomeness by Analysis: To the point where he once downloaded all of Superman's memories and used them to create a program that would anticipate his every move.

Source: Comic Book / Brainiac
Even if they anticipate the previous change and prepare for it, the machine will create a modified scenario in which they still fail.

Source: Unwinnable by Design
The other catch is that even if you do find a way to change history and defy fate, you'll create a ripple effect throughout history that can change things you didn't anticipate, and in this series things usually change for the worse, since history hates being tempered with.

Source: Video Game / Legacy of Kain

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