Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
transitive: to wait for:
Русский
By meaning 2
transitive: to wait for:
to serve:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
transitive: to wait for:

Examples

178 sentences

  1. Tom is still awaiting an answer.

    Том усе ще чекає на відповідь. — deniko

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  2. I'm awaiting inspiration.

    Я чекаю на натхнення. — deniko

    ruЯ жду вдохновения. — marafon

    deIch warte auf Inspiration. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We're awaiting your order.

    Ми очікуємо на ваше замовлення. — deniko

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Meaning

6 senses

  1. (formal, transitive)To wait for.

    I await your reply to my letter.

    erwarten, harren, warten auf

    ждатьždatʹ, подожда́тьpodoždátʹ, ожида́тьožidátʹ

    чека́тиčekáty, жда́тиždáty, очі́куватиočíkuvaty

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

    обслу́живатьobslúživatʹ, обслужи́тьobslužítʹ

  3. (transitive)To expect.

    ожида́тьožidátʹ

More meanings 3

  1. (intransitive)To watch, observe.

  2. (transitive)To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

    Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.

    ожида́тьožidátʹ

  3. (intransitive)To wait; to stay in waiting.

    These are exotic lands where great adventures await.

More definitions
  • look forward to the probable occurrence of

Origin

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.

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Forms

awaits, awaiting, awaited, awaited

regular · Lesson

Base formawait · to await
3rd person singularawaits
Present participleawaiting
Past simpleawaited
Past participleawaited

Tenses

await · awaited · will await · have awaited

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyawait
he, she, itawaits

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave awaited
he, she, ithas awaited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill await

Past simpleLesson

all personsawaited

Synonyms

5 synonyms
To wait for:wait for
To serve or attend:attend to
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Derivedawaitableawaiterawaitmentreawait

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
avoidanceavowavowedlyawakeA1awakenawakening

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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