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a·wait [ ə wáyt ] (past and past participle a·wait·ed, present participle a·wait·ing, 3rd person present singular a·waits)

verb

Definition:

1. transitive and intransitive verb wait for something: to wait for, expect, or look for somebody or something

2. transitive verb be waiting for somebody: to be going to happen to or be given to somebody

[13th century. < Anglo-Norman awaitier< Old French guaitier< Germanic]

Word Usage


	await, await for, wait, or wait for? You await or wait for test results or the arrival of a professor, and you travel to exotic lands where great adventures wait or await. You do not await for anybody: Let's take a break as we wait for [not await for] the judge to arrive in the courtroom, or ...while we await the judge's arrival.