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Synonyms for await
əˈweɪtawait
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Wiktionary
awaitverb
To wait for.
I await your reply to my letter.
Synonyms:
wait for, anticipate, listen
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
Princeton's WordNet
expect, look, await, waitverb
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
awaitverb
Synonyms:
expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness forawaitverb
Synonyms:
attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#41 | search | |
#64 | see | |
#446 | look | |
#461 | live | |
#749 | ask | |
#794 | front | |
#871 | watch | |
#973 | face | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1539 | require | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1891 | listen | |
#1908 | appear | |
#2011 | count | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2190 | seem | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3607 | attend | |
#3852 | calculate | |
#4364 | bet | |
#6073 | depend | |
#12106 | abide | |
#12474 | awaiting | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#19022 | await | |
#21122 | awaits | |
#24187 | reckon | |
#24712 | waitress | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#68400 | bide | |
#267080 | gestate |
How to use await in a sentence?
All eyes will be on the government as businesses await legislation on how to categorize their workforce – something which could still be a matter of years away.
We'd anxiously await mother to cook us a meal, which Jeb Bush never did, if you call pouring a little Hormel out of the box into a boiling pot of water cooking, then Jeb Bush did cook.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton:
I never sent classified material on my email and I never received any that was marked classified, i'm going to let whatever this inquiry is to go forward and we'll await the outcome of it.
I do not want to speculate on whether they will be convicted or acquitted, we will have to await the court's ruling.
I will await The WADA report but I think the focus of those allegations was about the ability of people to be in a position to manipulate systems and that is what we will look at very carefully, if The WADA report is found to be the case, then clearly we need to have systems in place that are not just about secure systems but people inside those systems being secure and proper people.
Translations for await
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- wagAfrikaans
- يَنْتَظِرُ, اِنْتَظَرَArabic
- gözləməkAzerbaijani
- чака́ць, ждацьBelarusian
- очаквам, оча́квам, ча́кам, обслу́жвамBulgarian
- অপেক্ষা করাBengali
- esperarCatalan, Valencian
- očekávat, čekatCzech
- afventeDanish
- erwarten, harrenGerman
- esperarSpanish
- ootamaEstonian
- منتظر شدن, منتظر ... بودنPersian
- tarjoilla, olettaa, palvella, odottaa, tarkkaillaFinnish
- attendre, servirFrench
- इंतज़ार करनाHindi
- várHungarian
- սպասելArmenian
- bíðaIcelandic
- attendere, aspettare, servireItalian
- 待つJapanese
- დალოდებაGeorgian
- күту, тосуKazakh
- ចាំ, រងចាំKhmer
- 기다리다Korean
- күтүүKyrgyz
- expecto, opperior, exspectoLatin
- ລໍLao
- lauktiLithuanian
- sagaidīt, gaidītLatvian
- очекува, чекаMacedonian
- хүлээлтMongolian
- avventeNorwegian
- afwachten, liggen, verwachten, klaarliggen, wachten, dienen, bedienenDutch
- oczekiwać, czekaćPolish
- esperar, aguardarPortuguese
- aștepta, servi masaRomanian
- обслу́живать, подожда́ть, ожида́ть, обслужи́ть, ждатьRussian
- očekivati, очекивати, čekati, чекатиSerbo-Croatian
- očakávať, čakaťSlovak
- čakatiSlovene
- presAlbanian
- inväntaSwedish
- รอThai
- garaşmakTurkmen
- beklemekTurkish
- көтәргәTatar
- жда́ти, чека́ти, очі́куватиUkrainian
- انتظار کرناUrdu
- kutmoqUzbek
- đợi, chờ đợi, chờVietnamese
- 等待Chinese
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