wait

Definition of Wait in English :

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Noun

1. delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait

time during which some action is awaited

Example Sentences:
'instant replay caused too long a delay'
'he ordered a hold in the action'

2. wait, waiting

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

Example Sentences:
'the wait was an ordeal for him'

waiting

Verb

3. wait

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

Example Sentences:
'I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets'

4. hold back, hold off, wait

wait before acting

Example Sentences:
'the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment'

5. await, expect, look, wait

look forward to the probable occurrence of

Example Sentences:
'We were expecting a visit from our relatives'
'She is looking to a promotion'
'he is waiting to be drafted'

6. wait, waitress

serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

Example Sentences:
'I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's'

waitress

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wait

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verb

1. (when intr, often foll by for, until, or to)

to stay in one place or remain inactive in expectation (of something); hold oneself in readiness (for something)

to delay temporarily or be temporarily delayed

that work can wait

3. (when intr, usually foll by for)

(of things) to be in store (for a person)

success waits for you in your new job

4. (intransitive)

to act as a waiter or waitress

noun

the act or an instance of waiting

a period of waiting

7. (plural) rare

a band of musicians who go around the streets, esp at Christmas, singing and playing carols

an interlude or interval between two acts or scenes in a play, etc

9. lie in wait

Wait

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verb intransitive

to stay in a place or remain in readiness or in anticipation (until something expected happens or for someone to arrive or catch up)

to be ready or at hand

dinner was waiting for them

to remain temporarily undone or neglected

let that job wait

to serve food at a meal

with at or on

to wait at table, to wait on a person

verb transitive

to be, remain, or delay in expectation or anticipation of; await

to wait orders, to wait one's turn

6. Informal

to delay serving (a meal) as in waiting for someone

to wait dinner

7. Obsolete

to attend upon or escort, esp. as a token of respect or honor

8. Obsolete

to attend as a consequence

noun

the act or fact of waiting

10.

a period of waiting

a four-hour wait

11.

in England,

any of a group of singers and musicians who go through the streets at Christmastime performing songs and carols for small gifts of money

any tune so performed

12. Obsolete

a member of a band of musicians formerly employed by a city or town in England to play at entertainments

13. Obsolete

a watchman

Wait

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v. wait·ed, wait·ing, waits

v.intr.

a. To remain or rest in expectation: waiting for the guests to arrive. See Synonyms at stay¹.

b. To stay in one place until another catches up: waited at the corner for everyone else in the group.

2. To remain or be in readiness: Lunch is waiting at the counter.

3. To remain temporarily neglected, unattended to, or postponed: The trip will have to wait.

4. To work as a waiter or waitress.

v.tr.

1. To remain or stay in expectation of; await: wait one's turn.

2. Informal To delay (a meal or an event); postpone: They waited lunch for us.

3. To be a waiter or waitress at: wait tables.

1. The act of waiting or the time spent waiting.

2. Chiefly British

a. One of a group of musicians employed, usually by a city, to play in parades or public ceremonies.

b. One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime.

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