Await (verb)
To wait for.
“I await your reply to my letter.”
Await (verb)
To expect.
Await (verb)
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.”
Await (verb)
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
Await (verb)
To watch, observe.
Await (verb)
To wait; to stay in waiting.
Await (noun)
A waiting for; ambush.
Await (noun)
Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
Wait (verb)
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
Wait (verb)
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
“Wait here until your car arrives.”
Wait (verb)
To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
“She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.”
Wait (verb)
To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
Wait (verb)
To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
Wait (verb)
To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
“to wait dinner”
Wait (verb)
To remain celibate while one’s lover is unavailable.
Wait (noun)
A delay.
“I had a very long wait at the airport security check.”
Wait (noun)
An ambush.
“They lay in wait for the patrol.”
Wait (noun)
One who watches; a watchman.
Wait (noun)
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
Wait (noun)
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
Await (verb)
wait for (an event)
“we await the proposals with impatience”
“remand prisoners awaiting trial”
“an eagerly awaited debut”
Await (verb)
(of an event or circumstance) be in store for (someone)
“many dangers await them”
Wait (verb)
stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event
“he did not wait for a reply”
“we’re waiting for Allan to get back”
“Vera did not wait on a Home Office ruling”
“Ben stood on the street corner waiting to cross”
“I had to wait my turn to play”
Wait (verb)
stay where one is or delay action until (someone) arrives or is ready
“he sits on the corner waiting for Mary”
“she was waiting on her boyfriend”
Wait (verb)
be left until a later time before being dealt with
“we shall need a statement later, but that will have to wait”
Wait (verb)
defer (a meal) until a person’s arrival
“I told my parents not to wait supper”
Wait (verb)
remain in readiness for a purpose
“he found the train waiting on the platform”
Wait (verb)
(of a vehicle) be parked for a short time at the side of a road.
Wait (verb)
used to indicate that one is eagerly impatient to do something or for something to happen
“I can’t wait to tell Nick what happened”
Wait (verb)
act as a waiter or waitress, serving food and drink
“a local man was employed to wait on them at table”
“we had to wait tables in the mess hall”
Wait (noun)
a period of waiting
“we had a long wait”
Wait (noun)
street singers of Christmas carols.
Wait (noun)
official bands of musicians maintained by a city or town.