The word 'anticipated' is correct and can be used in written English. You can use it to describe an event or situation that is expected to happen or to describe something that has been planned or expected in the past. Example sentence: She anticipated the arrival of her guests with excitement.
Our vote held up, we had not anticipated the Tory vote collapsing quite so dramatically.
It was hardly the occasion anticipated at Hampden.
Sturgeon now admits that the SNP had not anticipated the pro-UK's side early intervention on the currency and, in the end, lost the referendum after failing to overcome people's fears on the economy.
Richards, who has been Ofcom chief executive since 2004 and last year was a candidate to be the BBC director general when George Entwistle got the job last year, admitted he had "stuck around [at Ofcom] a few more years than I ever anticipated".
The inquiry had previously heard Sinodinos was brought onto the board because of his Liberal party connections as the company anticipated a switch to a Liberal NSW government in 2011.
The lobbying push underlines the sensitivity surrounding Pope Francis's highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, whose aim will be to frame the climate change issue as a moral imperative.
The statement, which will outline anticipated cuts of around £3bn, is expected on Thursday in the final hours before parliament rises for the Christmas break.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com