Anticipated
Anticipated adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Planned for and anticipated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Planned for" instead an adjective "Anticipated".
Planned for
Anticipated and planned for are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anticipated" instead an adjective "Planned for".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- expect and anticipated
- expect and planned for
- due and anticipated
- due and planned for
- foresee and anticipated
- foresee and planned for
- likely and anticipated
- likely and planned for
- probable and anticipated
- probable and planned for
- intended and anticipated
- intended and planned for
- coming and anticipated
- coming and planned for
Both terms in one sentence
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Informed Equipment: Jerk Ass: Infected survivors tend to be, although it has become anticipated and even planned for, so any rage or vendettas are short lived.
Source: Video Game / Zombie Panic - Luckily, it turns out his opponent had anticipated him breaking free and planned for it, but it was still a close call.
- Its then revealed that his creator hadn't actually planned for what to do once the process was complete, as he had anticipated it would take much longer, and Doomsday ends up killing him too.
Source: Pointless Doomsday Device
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