await
verb (used with object)
to wait for; expect; look for.
has awaited
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present perfectof await (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now with the omicron variant driving a new surge, Oshita has awaited a new rush, for booster shots this time.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
Perhaps this tournament was never about England, desperately seeking the moment of redemption it has awaited for so long.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
Since that unintended exhibition of early work – a series of self-portraits mid-toilette – the world has awaited the development of the artist’s oeuvre with bemusement, derision and incipient admiration.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2017
Embassy has been open for business since then, the official flag-raising has awaited Kerry’s arrival.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2015
Some of them, like the men, have stumbled at examinations; but nearly all of them have maintained a most creditable reputation for scholarship in every branch of study which has awaited them in their course.
From The Education of American Girls by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett
