Await

/əˈweɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, formal) To wait for..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, formal) To wait for.
2. (transitive) To expect.
3. (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
5. (intransitive) To watch, observe.
6. (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
7. (obsolete) A waiting for; ambush.
8. (obsolete, uncountable) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Example Sentences

I await your reply to my letter.

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;

I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.

In love, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them!

After 170416 heads into the bay platform (2) to be prepared for its next trip to 'Skeggy', there's time to grab a coffee and await the arrival of RAIL's next train - the 1144 Leicester-Grimsby Town.

Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.

Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.

O Eve, some further change awaits us nigh.

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• awaits
• awaiting
• awaited

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