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await
[ uh-weyt ]
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.
await
/ əˈweɪt /
verb
- tr to wait for; expect
- tr to be in store for
- intr to wait, esp with expectation
- obsolete.tr to wait for in order to ambush
Other Words From
- a·waiter noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
For the past four years it is one of the books that I most eagerly await.
The pyramids of Meroe await a day when stability will allow outsiders to peek at a forgotten ancient kingdom.
While many await discovery in musty warehouses, there is at least one piece whose absence is more difficult to explain.
They are being held in a prison in Sicily and await judicial action.
They will be subjected to inquisition, and will await resurrection in the grave like any normal Muslim.
I am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
The hour was beyond the time in which he ought to have been in the imperial boudoir, to await the hand of his intended bride.
I was obliged to remain behind, as I had promised my travelling companion to await his arrival.
For new taxes, however, it would doubtless be necessary to await the formation of a new ministry.
General Miller then relinquished the pursuit and returned to Yloilo to await reinforcements for a campaign through the Island.
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