Also means
to advance, to bring forward
Usage Note
Anticipar can mean both 'to foresee' (mental anticipation) and 'to bring a date or event forward in time' — context determines which. The reflexive anticiparse means 'to get ahead of something' or 'to beat someone to it', as in se anticipó a los hechos ('he got ahead of events').
Examples
"Debemos anticipar los problemas posibles."
Natural Translation
We must anticipate possible problems.

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