await

[ uh-weyt ]

/ əˈweɪt /

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verb (used with object)

to wait for; expect; look for: He is still awaiting an answer.

to be in store for; be imminent: A pleasant surprise awaits her in today's mail.

Obsolete. to lie in wait for.

verb (used without object)

to wait, as in expectation.

RELATED WORDS

anticipate, attend, stay, sweat, hope

Nearby words

aw, aw-shucks, awa, awa', awacs, await, awaji, awake, awaken, awakening, award

Origin of await

1200–50; Middle English awaiten < Old North French awaitier, equivalent to a- a-⁵ + waitier to wait

SYNONYMS FOR await

1 See expect.

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Related formsa·wait·er, noun

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In this way the mind of the Foreign Office was moved, and the coming of the young duke was awaited with considerable anxiety.
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This, after some pondering, I concluded to represent Pygmalion, as he awaited the quickening of his statue.
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Then he simply mounted a tree, and with revolver cocked, awaited his would-be intruder.
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Mr. Brookes wept a little and laughed a little, and reminded them of the oblivion that awaited all their little quarrels.
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Before the hour for the ceremony, all three awaited the procession.
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British Dictionary definitions for awaited

await

/ (əˈweɪt) /

verb

(tr) to wait for; expect

(tr) to be in store for

(intr) to wait, esp with expectation

(tr) obsolete to wait for in order to ambush

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await

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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British Dictionary definitions for awaited

await

verb