Anticipates a guru's breakdown (6)
I believe the answer is:
augurs
'anticipates' is the definition.
(auguring is a kind of anticipating)
'a guru's breakdown' is the wordplay.
'breakdown' indicates an anagram.
'gurus' with letters rearranged gives 'ugurs'.
'a'+'ugurs'='AUGURS'
(Other definitions for augurs that I've seen before include "Heralds" , "Signs of things to come" , "Portends, foreshadows" .)