Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of wait on.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. She has no one to wait upon her.

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  2. They are waited upon.

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  3. Why did they wait upon him so servilely?

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  4. He that waits upon another's trencher, makes many a little dinner.

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  5. Our friends had already secured a first-class carriage and were waiting for us upon the platform.

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Forms

waits upon, waiting upon, waited upon, waited upon
Base formwait upon · to wait upon
3rd person singularwaits upon
Present participlewaiting upon
Past simplewaited upon
Past participlewaited upon

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywait upon
he, she, itwaits upon

Past simpleLesson

all personswaited upon

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave waited upon
he, she, ithas waited upon

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wait upon

Synonyms

1 synonyms
wait on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
waistlinewaitA1waiterA1waitressA1
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