Was heißt »zu­vor­kom­men« auf Englisch?

Das Verb zu­vor­kom­men lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • anticipate

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Du bist mir zuvorgekommen, ich wollte dich auch gerade anrufen.

I was just about to ring you, but you beat me to it.

I was just about to phone you, but you beat me to it.

I was just about to call you, but you beat me to it.

I was just about to give you a bell, but you beat me to it.

I was just about to give you a bell, but you've beaten me to it.

I was just about to ring you, but you've beaten me to it.

I was just about to phone you, but you've beaten me to it.

I was just about to call you, but you've beaten me to it.

Eigentlich wollte ich dich einladen, aber dein Freund ist mir zuvorgekommen.

I wanted to invite you, but your friend beat me to it.

Der Premierminister sagte, dass er dem Abschlussbericht des Untersuchungsausschusses nicht zuvorkommen und nicht einen politischen Kurswechsel in die Wege leiten wolle, ehe dessen Empfehlungen vorlägen.

The Prime Minister said that he didn't want to pre-empt the findings of the inquiry by making any policy changes before its recommendations were handed down.

The prime minister said that he didn't want to pre-empt the findings of the inquiry by making any policy changes before its recommendations were presented.

Du bist mir zuvorgekommen.

You beat me to it.

Synonyme

vor­beu­gen:
lean forward
prevent
vor­sor­gen:
make provision

Sinnverwandte Wörter

ent­ge­gen­kom­men:
approach
come towards
make someone concessions
oblige
ent­ge­gen­tre­ten:
come across
counter
encounter
oppose
walk towards
walk up
ent­kräf­ten:
debilitate
weaken
schla­gen:
beat
hit
knock
ring someone's bell
über­ho­len:
outstrip
overtake

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I didn't anticipate that there would be a problem.

  • Did Tom anticipate his own demise?

  • Tom didn't anticipate that would happen.

  • I couldn't anticipate that would happen.

  • The most important discoveries are the ones that we cannot anticipate.

  • I couldn't anticipate that that would happen.

  • We anticipate success.

  • I anticipate that there will be problems on their expedition.

  • We all anticipate seeing you next weekend.

  • We didn't anticipate their buying a new car.

  • I anticipate that there will be trouble.

  • What results do you anticipate?

Zu­vor­kom­men übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: zuvorkommen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: zuvorkommen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1983408, 2365524, 3865517, 8160536, 10683652, 10723032, 7194740, 7194610, 3650750, 2451993, 2241019, 305259, 264282, 249244, 243440 & 69810. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR