Await

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wait for. See Synonyms at expect.
  • v. To be in a state of abeyance until: a contract awaiting signature.
  • v. To be in store for: Death awaits us all.
  • v. Obsolete To lie in ambush for.
  • verb-intransitive. To wait.
  • verb-intransitive. To be in store: A busy day awaits.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To wait for.
  • v. To expect.
  • v. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for
  • v. To wait on, serve or attend (to).
  • v. To watch, observe.
  • v. To wait (on or upon).
  • v. To wait; to stay in waiting.
  • n. A waiting for; ambush.
  • n. Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To watch for; to look out for.
  • v. To wait on, serve, or attend.
  • v. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
  • v. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
  • verb-intransitive. To watch.
  • verb-intransitive. To wait (on or upon).
  • verb-intransitive. To wait; to stay in waiting.
  • n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To watch for; lie in wait for.
  • To wait for; look for or expect.
  • To be in store for; attend; be ready for: as, a glorious reward awaits the good.
  • To watch; give heed.
  • n. Astate of waiting; watch; ambush.
  • In wait.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
  • Verb Form
    awaited    awaiting    awaits   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    expect   
    Hyponym
    expect    hold on    anticipate    look to    hang on    look forward    hold the line    look for   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    watch    wait    ambush    watching    heed    tarry    expect    abide    bide    anticipate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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    Same Context
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