Meaning

8 senses
  1. (intransitive)To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

    Wait here until your car arrives.

    I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..

    warten

    ждатьždatʹ, подожда́тьpodoždátʹ, ожида́тьožidátʹ

    чека́тиčekáty, жда́тиždáty, очі́куватиočíkuvaty

  2. (US, intransitive, stative)To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

    She used to wait in this joint.

    bedienen

    обслу́живатьobslúživatʹ, обслужи́тьobslužítʹ

    serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

  3. (intransitive)To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

    to wait one’s turn

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

  6. (obsolete)To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.

  7. (colloquial, obsolete)To defer or postpone (especially a meal).

  8. (obsolete)To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait

Examples

11612 sentences
  1. Please wait outside of the house.

    Зачекай надворі, будь ласка. — deniko

  2. Many people were waiting in line.

    У черзі чекало багато людей. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВ очереди ждало много людей. — venticello

    deViele Leute standen Schlange. — raggione

  3. Please wait until I come back.

    Будь ласка, почекайте на моє повернення. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, подождите, пока я вернусь. — redscorp

    deWarten Sie bitte, bis ich zurückkomme. — redscorp

  4. I'm still waiting for my order.

    Я все ще чекаю на своє замовлення. — deniko

    ruЯ всё ещё жду мой заказ. — Olya

    deIch warte immer noch auf meine Bestellung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I was asked to wait here.

    Мене попросили почекати тут. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня попросили подождать здесь. — afyodor

    deIch wurde gebeten, hier zu warten. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
delay until some event:
Русский
By meaning 2
delay until some event:
to serve customers:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
delay until some event:
to serve customers:

Origin

From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from

From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personswaited

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wait

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

32 synonyms
serve customers:serveA2wait onwait upon
attend as a consequence:attendB1escortgo with
delay until:awaitB2
delay until some event:hold one's breath
attend with ceremony or respect:bestand
defer or postpone:defer
Close in meaning

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is waiting for
  • wait until
  • to wait for
  • have to wait
  • wait any longer
  • waiting for a
  • can't wait
  • can't wait to
  • wait until monday
  • to wait until
  • waiting for the
  • still waiting for

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wait — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto