await
English
/əˈwɛɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To wait for.
- (transitive) To expect.
- (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- (transitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- (intransitive) To watch, observe.
- (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English awaiten derived from awaitier (lie in wait for, observe, watch).
Origin
awaitier
Gloss
lie in wait for, observe, watch
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awaitable English
- awaiter English
- awaitest English
- awaiteth English
- awaitment English
- outwait English
- overwait English
- postwait English
- prewait English
- wait English
- waitable English
- waitee English
- waiter English
- waitest English
- waiteth English
- waithood English
- waitlist English
- waitperson English
- waitstaff English
- awaiten Middle English
- waiten Middle English
- करो Hindi
- wetim Tok Pisin
- awaitier ONF.
- wait karo Fiji Hindi