await

Meaning

Verb

1. (formal, transitive) To wait for.
2. (transitive) To expect.
3. (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
5. (intransitive) To watch, observe.
6. (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A waiting for; ambush.
2. (obsolete) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Synonyms

wait

expect

wait for

abide

anticipate

look forward to

hope

bide

look

stay for

tarry

look for

expectation

hesitate

wait for someone

hang on

lie in wait

long

foresee

look after

envisage

look forward

delay

look out for

look to

miss

pause

prolong

stand by

stay

contemplate

tend

visualize

carry

apprehend

wait on

watch over

waylay

act

wait till

hold on

Translations

attendre

aspettare

erwarten

esperar

esperar

wachten

aguardar

esperar

verwachten

attendere

warten

harren

abwarten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈweɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with English: wait

In summary

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.