Synonyms for await
əˈweɪt

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1. expect, look, await, wait(verb)

   look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

   Synonyms:
   count, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, see

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1. await(verb)

   To wait for.

   I await your reply to my letter.

   Synonyms:
   wait for, anticipate, listen

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1. await

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. await(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness for

2. await(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for

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1. List of paraphrases:

   expect, wait, awaiting, awaits

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