await
/əˈweɪt/ verb B2- To wait for. · I await your reply to my letter.
- To expect.
- To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- To watch, observe.
- To wait; to stay in waiting. · These are exotic lands where great adventures await.
He/she/it awaits · Past awaited · Past participle awaited · -ing form awaiting
Verb forms
- Base form
- await
- He/she/it
- awaits
- Past
- awaited
- Past participle
- awaited
- -ing form
- awaiting
From the library
But little had she dared to hope that so much love and eloquence awaited her there.
Now, my dear fellow, we can’t help matters by making ourselves nervous about them, so let me implore you to go to bed and so be fresh for whatever may await us to-morrow.”
There I squatted down and awaited developments.
“‘I am afraid,’ said I, rising, ‘that in the pleasure of this conversation I am neglecting business of importance which awaits me elsewhere.’
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