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await
[ uh-weyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to wait for; expect; look for:
He is still awaiting an answer.
- to be in store for; be imminent:
A pleasant surprise awaits her in today's mail.
- Obsolete. to lie in wait for.
verb (used without object)
- to wait, as in expectation.
await
/ əˈɱɪ /
verb
- tr to wait for; expect
- tr to be in store for
- intr to wait, esp with expectation
- obsolete.tr to wait for in order to ambush
Other Word Forms
- ·ɲİ noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
County jails also may hold persons who have been charged with a crime while they await a trial.
He has already pleaded not guilty to state charges and is awaiting trial in a New York prison.
It’s a match made in hell, and hell is exactly what awaits us if we continue to permit abuses against people who we’re told are acceptable targets.
It comes as fans await the next game in the series, with the most recent entry - Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - having been released in 2011.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish data by the end of the year, showing the nationalities and crimes of those awaiting deportation.
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are other ways to say await?
To await something is to wait for it or look for it expectantly. How is await different from anticipate, hope, and expect? Find out on .
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