English Explanatory Dictionary

await

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To wait for.
  2. To expect.
  3. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
  4. To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
  5. To watch, observe.
  6. To wait; to stay in waiting.
noun
  1. A waiting for; ambush.
  2. Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Pronunciation

/əˈweɪt/ en-us-await.ogg

Word forms

await awaits awaiting awaited

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

anticipate listen service wait for attend to

Derived words

awaitable awaiter awaitment reawait
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