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await English

Meaning await meaning

What does await mean?

await

— verb (= expect, look, wait) look forward to the probable occurrence of We were expecting a visit from our relatives She is looking to a promotion he is waiting to be drafted

Synonyms await synonyms

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await English » English

wait expect wait for abide anticipate look forward to hope bide tarry stay for look for look wait for someone hesitate expectation waylay watch over wait till wait on visualize tend stay stand by prolong pause miss look to look out for look forward look after long lie in wait hold on hang on foresee envisage delay contemplate carry apprehend act

Topics await topics

What do people use await to talk about?
Language and thought Think

Expect
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
Language and thought Think Expect

Hope

Conjugation await conjugation

How do you conjugate await?

await · verb

Examples await examples

How do I use await in a sentence?

Simple sentences

We await thee.
We await you.

Movie subtitles

That way, I would await the day Johannes will return.
I await my time. It shall be soon.
Just as we have always done our duty to you in the past. so too in the future, we await your orders alone.
I await your further orders, Your Excellency.
Many surprises await the poor devil.
We shall be forced to get off at Cristobal and await another boat.
There he'll be set ashore without pay, to await orders.
We'll submerge again and await completion of your shortwave to the Hornet.
Marcello and the one whom we await.
His father will await him.
We await your pleasure.
They await us.
Then tell Sister Clare that we await her here.
As the commanding officer is not present, you will await his signature.
I await the town councillors and, together with the notary, I must lay down the wording and articles of the donation.
Find out your quarters and await my pleasure.
Englishmen, do you still await your doom in your stupid, stuffy little clubs?
Fame and fortune await the girl. on the cover of Vanity's 50th anniversary number.
I await you with a friendly and open heart.
I'll lock all the doors and await your arrival. Yes.
Cutthroats, who only await my signal to come down and lay this town to ruin.
Excellency, I await your permission.
Sir, I await your pleasure.
The public is advised to take ordinary precautions and to remain calm as we await.
I await you.
It's a symbol, and I await the proper occasion to display it.
Be seated and await your turn!
Nay, I await an answer.
A 1000 knights await your order.
Remember, there isn't anywhere to await help from.
Forgive me, Doctor, I await your sword.
May I await the full minute?
The representatives of the Allied powers await my report.
When you give him the message, tell him. as soon as I can disengage myself from those who follow me. I shall be at my usual place to await his instruction.
I will await it.
We await the spring!
I await his seconds. So you offend us?
Four students await together, like brothers, a legendary death.
Tonight the bell-ringers await my orders.

News and current affairs

While the Wahhabis could yet be bribed again with oil money, the sect's power-hungry judges eagerly await the next beheading, stoning, or lashing in Riyadh's public square.
If effective solutions are to be found, they must await a fuller definition of the problem.
For now, the Bush Administration will await the outcome of tests before deciding.
So be it: a moral, and perhaps legal, reckoning must await the return of economic growth.
In the short run, the best approach is to follow Wolfensohn's advice, give the dust a chance to settle in Palestine, and await the outcome of Israel's election later this month.
Of course, roadblocks await.
It seems that we must await the next crisis for that resolve to emerge.
Several other areas of reform - in finance, labor markets, foreign investment, tax reform - await action.
It is not a step that should await the return of prosperity.
But, even when they are not in danger of losing access to the bond market, most governments in the developed world nowadays anxiously await the pronouncements of the same rating agencies that they were recently vilifying.
All await a chance to rule.
Prominent among those who anxiously await a solution to this paradox are the newest members of the Atlantic alliance.
In effect, Hamas has returned the conflict to the 1960's and 1970's, when progress toward peace had to await the PLO's readiness to stop using terrorism and accept Israel's existence.
But meaningful reform will almost surely have to await an American administration that is committed to global democracy in deed as well as rhetoric.
Given the vast number of combinations of elements that can form compounds, there is a good chance that better superconductors await our discovery.
But Securum was then able to recruit skilled staff members who could maximize the assets' value when markets recovered, and to be in a financial position to await that recovery.
Faced with credit losses, a central bank can either dig its way out through inflation or await recapitalization by taxpayers.
We will have to await the pricing of the credit-default swaps on EFSF debt, which will be issued in January, to see whether markets believe the ratings.
It also presupposes a European budget that is sufficient to meet expectations and equal to the challenges that await.
Thousands of children in South Sudan still await their first chance to go to school, and schools have yet to be provided for a million more children in the war-torn Central African Republic.
All are daring and realistic regarding the tasks that await us.
But the questions that Hatoyama and Rudd raised - who is in Asia, and who gets to lead regional cooperation - await a satisfying answer.
Perhaps half of the undescribed species have already been collected and housed in herbaria, where they await detection and analysis.
South Korea undoubtedly faces the biggest dilemma, and the way forward will have to await the conclusions of the investigation into the sinking of its warship and the deaths of its sailors.

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