anticipar
anticipate ; look + ahead ; bring forward.
The information that most modern indexes must organise concerns much more complex subjects than Cutter could have anticipated.
The author gives a brief description of the library and information scene in 1974 and looks ahead to what it will be like in 2014.
Although the age for receiving old-age pension is 65 years, an individual can decide to bring it forward to a maximum of 5 years.
anticipándose a
in anticipation of
It was indeed in anticipation of this development that the first wholesaling conger had been formed in the 1680s.
anticipar Algo [El uso de handwriting en lugar de writing es menos frecuente]
the (hand)writing + be + on the wall
see it + coming
Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.
anticipar el futuro
anticipate + the future
The leader is able to anticipate the future and willing to make necessary adjustments or changes in the existing organizational patterns, processes or structure to meet user informational needs of the future.
anticiparse a
quicken to
outguess
second-guess [secondguess]
forestall
'Congratulations, Mr. Balzac!' exclaimed Hernandez, quickening to the fascinating possibilities of the announcement.
Four years of attempting to catalog everything in a depository collection taught me that it was easier to do all the original cataloging than to try to outguess the rules used previously.
This does not imply that the abstractor becomes a publication referee, trying to second-guess decisions already made by editors.
Attempting to forestall problems before they were created was essential to the planning.
anticiparse a Alguien
steal + a march on
The book 'To steal a march on God' explores how heroic acts have complex moral, ethical, and philosophical implications that can still affect people a generation later.
anticipar un problema
anticipate + problem
One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible 'extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.
