await

[uh-weyt]

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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.

Origin of await

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

Related formsa·wait·er, noun

Synonyms for await

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1. See expect.

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Related Words for awaited

anticipate, attend, stay, sweat, hope

Examples from the Web for awaited

Contemporary Examples of awaited

And then there is the shooting of Brown and the grand jury whose determination is awaited by the whole country.
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A white stretch limousine took Tupac off to a private plane that awaited at the local airport.
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On Friday, Braff returns to the big screen with Wish I Was Here, his long-“awaited” follow-up to Garden State.
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Historical Examples of awaited

This explosion of the doctor's meant that he invited and awaited some contradiction.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
Kate and Harry, meanwhile, awaited their opportunity to go in and visit Aunt Jane.
Malbone
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
I awaited the arrival of the party, which should reach here this morning.
Explorations in Australia
John Forrest
He awaited, in an agony of suspense, the rattle of the musketry.
The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In my lifetime—in depression and in war—they have awaited our defeat.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various

British Dictionary definitions for awaited

await

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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Word Origin and History for awaited

await

early 13c., awaiten, from Old North French awaitier (Old French agaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" (see ad-) + waitier "to watch" (see wait (v.)). Originally especially with a hostile sense. Related: Awaited; awaiting.