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How to spell anticipating

Anticipating is spelled A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-N-G.

hear itan·tic·i·pat·ing/æn'tɪsə,peɪtɪŋ/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: Expecting or looking forward to something.

In a sentence: The children were eagerly anticipating their upcoming trip to the zoo.

The part people get wrong

Drop the silent e before adding -ing.

Same family: anticipate, anticipates, anticipated. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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