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Synonyms for wait on
wait on
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Princeton's WordNet
serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assistverb
work for or be a servant to
"May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
Synonyms:
serve, process, aid, help, dish up, pay heed, answer, go to, dish out, function, look, attend to, take to heart, suffice, attend, service, take care, advert, assist, serve up, give ear, serve well, swear out, dish, do, see, hang
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wait on
Synonyms:
call uponwait on
Synonyms:
serve, lackey, attend (as a servant), accompany, minister to, wait upon, dance attendance on
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#47 | do | |
#64 | see | |
#76 | help | |
#97 | service | |
#431 | process | |
#446 | look | |
#853 | function | |
#1251 | answer | |
#1652 | aid | |
#2202 | serve | |
#2644 | assist | |
#3469 | dish | |
#3607 | attend | |
#5712 | hang | |
#9541 | advert | |
#20545 | suffice |
How to use wait on in a sentence?
Those people were in dire need of rescue weren't able to wait on us, those kids are alive because of what those construction workers did quickly and concisely.
It made me feel like they thought Stephen was nobody, and that we didn’t matter. But I wasn’t giving up and somebody was going to listen. I was trusting in God to make something happen. I knew He was going to make something happen, just didn’t know when. I just had to wait on His timing.
William Congreve, The Mourning Bride:
For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe:
The message sent to a third party simply said in part, ‘We are starving and need food and water,’ i absolutely knew that we couldn’t wait on another agency to step up and we had to go check this out as soon as possible.
He’s got a series of steps by league mandate he has to go through, so we’ll wait patiently and get the other guys ready as we wait on him. Hopefully, he’s out there to play. We won’t have a definite answer on that until much later in the week. The Rams should be well-rested as their previous game was Thursday, a 26-17 win in Seattle. The Rams have allowed the fewest sacks (four) in the NFL this season. The Giants has been good in this area, allowing eight sacks (tie for fifth-lowest). The over-under of 47.5 is the lowest for a Rams game this season. Rams coach Sean McVay is 2-2 in games after a Thursday night contest. The NFC West is a successful passing division. The Seahawks lead the NFL in yards per passing attempt (9.3), followed by the Cardinals and Rams at 9.2 The Giants are eighth at 8.1. SUN 1:00 PMNFLSPREADTO WINTOTALLOS ANGELES RAMS-9.5-500o49.0NEW YORK GIANTS+9.5+380u49. LOS ANGELES RAMS @ NEW YORK GIANTS (1 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX)Point spread:Rams -10.5 (favored to win by more 10.5 than points, otherwise Giants cover)Moneyline:Rams -556 favorite to win (bet $10 to win $11.80 total); Giants +425 underdog to win (bet $10 to win $52.50 total)Total scoring over/under:47.5 points scored by both teams combined Pick via FOX Sports' Colin Cowherd:.
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- bíða eftir, þjóna til borðs, þjónaIcelandic
- לְשָׁרֵתHebrew
- esperePortuguese
- прислуRussian
- vänta påSwedish
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