Await

Quick meaning: Await is a verb meaning (transitive, formal) To wait for.

Meaning

(transitive, formal) To wait for.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

I await your reply to my letter.

O Eve, some further change awaits us nigh.

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

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

Word Forms

• awaits
• awaiting
• awaited

Synonyms for await

Depending on context, synonyms include anticipate, listen, service, look, expect, wait.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wait, expect, look, waiting, bide, delay.

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