waiting

American  

[wey-ting] / ˈweɪ tɪŋ /

noun

1. a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.

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adjective

1. serving or being in attendance.

   waiting man;

   waiting maid;

   waiting woman.

idioms

1. in waiting, in attendance, as upon a royal personage.

Other Word Forms

• waitingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of waiting

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English (noun); wait, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

On Tuesday, HormuzTracker, which provides a Strait of Hormuz shipping-disruption dashboard, showed that there are around 2,500 vessels still trapped inside the Persian Gulf, with 400 waiting outside of the strait.

From MarketWatch

Axios also reported that the U.S. and a group of regional mediators were waiting for Tehran to weigh in on the possibility of high-level talks as soon as Thursday.

From MarketWatch

To travelers who still find themselves waiting in hours-long security lines, the decision to deploy ICE agents at a handful of U.S. airports might seem like a huge waste of time and money.

From Salon

Salah, in one of his rare but usually carefully calculated stops in front of waiting journalists, claimed he had been "thrown under the bus" by Liverpool and revealed his relationship with Slot had broken down.

From BBC

It appears investors are waiting for some good news.

From Barron's

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