Meaning

5 senses

  1. A delay.

    I had a very long wait at the airport security check.

    Warten

    ожида́ниеožidánije, задержкаzaderžka

  2. An ambush.

    They lay in wait for the patrol.

  3. (UK, in the plural)Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

  4. (obsolete)One who watches; a watchman.

  5. (UK, in the plural, obsolete)Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

More definitions
  • the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
  • time during which some action is awaited

Examples

11612 sentences

  1. Please wait outside of the house.

    Зачекай надворі, будь ласка. — deniko

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  5. I was asked to wait here.

    Мене попросили почекати тут. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня попросили подождать здесь. — afyodor

    deIch wurde gebeten, hier zu warten. — Wolf

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a delay:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a delay:

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

plural: waits
Singularwait
Pluralwaits

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words
RelatedwakeA1watchA1
Derivedbusy waitoverwaitpostwaitprewaittwo-week waitwait-freewaitlistwait timewait unemployment

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
waistB2waistbandwaistcoatB2waistlinewaiterA1waitressA1

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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