Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of remaining inactive or stationary.
- n. A period of time spent waiting.
- idiom. in waiting In attendance, especially at a royal court.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Watching; hence, an ogling.
- n. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
- n. Attendance; service.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of wait.
- n. obsolete Watching.
- n. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
- n. Attendance, service.
GNU Webster's 1913
- a. & n. from wait, v.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being and remaining ready and available for use
- n. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
Examples
“I had Riddick on PC waiting in my Newegg shopping cart, just * waiting* for me to apply my Christmastime gift certificate and click Checkout, to make Atari $50 richer.”
“Why to be sure Christmas is coming," laughed Mrs. Merrill, "and here I've been waiting and waiting and _waiting_ for you to talk about it till, actually, I thought I'd had to begin myself, if you didn't wake up pretty soon.”
“I am waiting -- simply _waiting_, and it is better to let you know that I am not forgetting instead.”
“I've been waiting and _waiting_, and I just wondered if you had enlisted and gone off to war without even calling up to say good-by.”
“You blessed darling!" she softly exclaimed, "here I've been waiting for you, and _waiting_ for you and longing -- _Oh_!”
An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada
“It was no use _waiting_, because if all had gone right it should have been waiting for us for an hour at least.”
“I believe we all discouraged that, but there was a name waiting for her.”
“A football town in waiting is showing its new colors, and waiting no more.”
“QUOTE TO NOTE: That's the whole reason we have a head coach in waiting is to counter that.”
“Andy, champion of the nurses (pre-election time only) and Labour-leader in waiting is expected to win fairly comfortably here.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘waiting’.
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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franky's Words
formitastic, human resources, cocktail, gravatar, tequila, twitter, moloko, gmail, beeb, mp3, cover art, thumbnail and 184 more...
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Chainlink's Words
hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Tunie: And the Band Played Waltzing M...
I used to sing this as a lullaby to my spawn—till said spawn grew big enough to understand the words, and asked me to sing something else.
Written by Eric Bogle, c. 1971.
...billabong, ghosts, no one, fewer, the call, question, what are they mar..., forgotten war, forgotten, sore, stiff, bent and 66 more...
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Dictation Words
Dictation words-2nd Grade
waiting, loudly, chatting, waving, nodded, sticky, label, replied, surprised, naughty, glasses, tomorrow and 20 more...
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elbow room
sundry chambers
mezzanine, loggia, rotunda, alcove, nave, breakfast nook, antechamber, priest hole, vestibule, cloakroom, boudoir, scullery and 37 more...
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∆∆∆
cadence, fracture, utter, regression, incessant, inverted, trashy, suspend, waiting, semblance, unbearable, nausea and 35 more...
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