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weɪtwait
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waitnoun
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
Synonyms:
hold ones breath
English Synonyms and Antonyms
wait
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, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, 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.
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Princeton's WordNet
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun
time during which some action is awaited
"instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
Synonyms:
clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, holdup, detainment, deferral, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, cargo area, detention, postponement, waiting, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, deferment, cargo holdwait, waitingverb
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
"the wait was an ordeal for him"
Synonyms:
waiting, postponement, time lag, hold, delaywaitverb
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
"I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
wait, hold off, hold backverb
wait before acting
"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
Synonyms:
await, waitress, hold in, keep, restrain, hold back, hold off, hold, look, check, conceal, retain, contain, keep back, forbear, stop, expect, arrest, turn backexpect, 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, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, seewait, waitressverb
serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
"I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
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WAIT
What does WAIT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WAIT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#41 | search | |
#64 | see | |
#272 | check | |
#446 | look | |
#461 | live | |
#656 | keep | |
#749 | ask | |
#794 | front | |
#871 | watch | |
#973 | face | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1516 | expected | |
#1539 | require | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1908 | appear | |
#2011 | count | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2190 | seem | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2465 | handle | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#2633 | waiting | |
#2700 | contain | |
#3446 | delay | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3607 | attend | |
#3852 | calculate | |
#4364 | bet | |
#6073 | depend | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7245 | grip | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7664 | custody | |
#7791 | appreciation | |
#9866 | expects | |
#10067 | detention | |
#10184 | expecting | |
#11162 | clutch | |
#11287 | suspense | |
#11615 | expectation | |
#12106 | abide | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13927 | standby | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#19022 | await | |
#21122 | awaits | |
#22016 | clasp | |
#24187 | reckon | |
#24594 | conceal | |
#24712 | waitress | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#30095 | clutches | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#34191 | deferral | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#42034 | postponement | |
#49186 | deferment | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#68400 | bide | |
#90962 | forbear | |
#95343 | holdup | |
#102740 | clench | |
#127206 | handgrip | |
#165779 | sufferance | |
#189417 | detainment | |
#224669 | espere | |
#267080 | gestate |
How to use wait in a sentence?
The technical aspects have all been submitted, we will wait whether there will still be proposals for corrections by the Americans, everything we can do for this particular engine has been done for now and we are now awaiting feedback.
Well, I think the convention is a challenging situation and a number of my colleagues have announced that they are not going to attend, and we'll have to wait and see how things look in late August to determine whether or not you can safely convene that many people.
Wait for the one with integrity, the one who loves your body, but is enamored with your soul.
These are restrictions that the Islamic State could use to its advantage, if we are telling the Islamic State upfront that we will not use ground forces, will they not tailor their strategy around that fact? If we advertise when the authorization expires at an arbitrary date ... will they not hunker down and wait for that date?
It's credible that the Iranians had something to do with this, we'll have to wait and see how they'll (the administration) marshal the evidence.
Translations for wait
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- wagAfrikaans
- መጠበቅAmharic
- يَنْتَظِرُ, اِنْتَظَرَArabic
- gözləməkAzerbaijani
- ждаць, чакаць, пачакацьBelarusian
- чакам, обслужвамBulgarian
- অপেক্ষা করাBengali
- esperar-se, esperarCatalan, Valencian
- čekat, obsluhovat, PočkejteCzech
- arosWelsh
- venteDanish
- bedienen, wartenGerman
- lalaEwe
- περιμένω, σερβίρωGreek
- atendi, atenduEsperanto
- aguardar, espera, retraso, esperarSpanish
- ootamaEstonian
- وایسادن, صبر کردن, انتظار داشتن, منتظر شدنPersian
- odottaa, odotus, tarjoillaFinnish
- bíðaFaroese
- faire le service, attente, servir, attendreFrench
- fanIrish
- agardar, esperarGalician
- המתין, חיכהHebrew
- इंतज़ार करनाHindi
- várHungarian
- սպասել, սպասարկելArmenian
- menungguIndonesian
- vartarIdo
- bíðaIcelandic
- attendere, attesa, servire a tavola, aspettareItalian
- לחכותHebrew
- ウエイターをする, ウエイトレスをする, 待ち, 待つJapanese
- დალოდებაGeorgian
- күту, тосуKazakh
- រងចាំ, ចាំKhmer
- 시중들다, 서비스하다, 대기하다, 기다림, 기다리다Korean
- күтүүKyrgyz
- exspecto, expectatio, expectoLatin
- waardenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ລໍLao
- lauktiLithuanian
- gaidīt, apkalpotLatvian
- чека, исчекувње, служи, чекањеMacedonian
- хүлээлтMongolian
- menungguMalay
- stennaMaltese
- စောင့်Burmese
- venteNorwegian
- afwachten, bedienen, wachtenDutch
- ventaNorwegian Nynorsk
- venteNorwegian
- esperarOccitan
- czekaćPolish
- aguardar, servir, espera, esperarPortuguese
- suyayQuechua
- spetgarRomansh
- aștepta, servi masa, așteptareRomanian
- обслуживать, подождать, ждать, обслужить, ожидать, ожида́ниеRussian
- vuorditNorthern Sami
- чекати, čekatiSerbo-Croatian
- čakaťSlovak
- čakatiSlovene
- presAlbanian
- bida, väntaSwedish
- мунтазир шуданTajik
- รอThai
- garaşmakTurkmen
- beklemekTurkish
- көтәргәTatar
- ждати, чекатиUkrainian
- انتظار کرناUrdu
- kutmoqUzbek
- đợi, chờVietnamese
- stebedön, bötönVolapük
- ratinde, rawårderWalloon
- וואַרטןYiddish
- 等待Chinese
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