Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth 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.
- v. To wait.
- v. To be in store: A busy day awaits.
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.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive, formal To wait for.
- v. transitive To expect.
- v. transitive To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for
- v. transitive To wait on, serve or attend (to).
- v. intransitive To watch, observe.
- v. intransitive To wait (on or upon).
- v. intransitive To wait; to stay in waiting.
- n. obsolete A waiting for; ambush.
- n. obsolete Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To watch for; to look out for.
- v. obsolete 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.
- v. obsolete To watch.
- v. obsolete To wait (
on orupon ). - v. To wait; to stay in waiting.
- n. obsolete A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
WordNet 3.0
- v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
Etymologies
- From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier ("to lie in wait for, watch, observe"), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- ("to") + waitier ("to watch"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English awaiten, from Old North French awaitier : a-, on (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + waitier, to watch; see wait. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“State of Sept. 2, 2005: Distant kin await close encounter”
“With what composure could Great Britain await the German reoccupation of Tanganyika by which, with Italians already in control of Libya, the encirclement of Egypt and the Soudan would be made complete?”
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“As an unintended consequence, I would suggest that we have helped to enable a sense amongst subsequent generations of young that they should not only "await" for their savior to come, but expect it too.”
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