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anticipate

verb/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

B1CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

To foresee a likely clinical problem so that colleagues can prepare for it in advance.

I anticipate she may need review overnight, so I've briefed the on-call doctor.

Similar: foresee, expect

Topic: Clinical handover in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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