[
UK
/wˈeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈweɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈweɪt/ ]
VERB
-
wait before acting
the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment -
look forward to the probable occurrence of
She is looking to a promotion
We were expecting a visit from our relatives
he is waiting to be drafted -
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets -
serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's
NOUN
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time during which some action is awaited
instant replay caused too long a delay
he ordered a hold in the action -
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
the wait was an ordeal for him
How To Use wait In A Sentence
- We drove a mile or so to Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside where a bit of family fairground fun awaited.
- There are a couple of girls waiting for you.
- Which of them will prefer football and which the ant nest, we'll have to wait and see.
- Maybe your parents are right about waiting a few more years until you decide.
- Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
- I am not a bit anxious about my battles, If I am anxious I don't fight them, I wait until I am ready.
- The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate. Saunterings
- On the seventh floor there is a big tea room where you can watch television and get a coffee while you wait for us to finish with Jason so you can give him a lift home.
- he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
- But the underlying cause of last week's yo-yo-ing on the markets was the long-awaited shake-out of the over-valued internet companies.
