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wait English

Meaning wait meaning

What does wait mean?
Definitions in simple English

wait Verb

— If you wait for someone or something, you do something (or nothing) until something else happens. I waited for you for twenty minutes. Where were you? The fans waited patiently for their idol to arrive. — To wait is to take orders and serve food at the tables in cafes and restaurants. Her job at the cafe was to wait at the tables.

wait

— verb stay in one place and anticipate or expect something I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets — verb (= hold off) wait before acting the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment — verb (= expect, look) 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 — verb (= waitress) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's — noun (= waiting) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) the wait was an ordeal for him — noun (= delay, hold) time during which some action is awaited instant replay caused too long a delay he ordered a hold in the action

Synonyms wait synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wait?

wait English » English

await expect wait for abide stay stop delay waiting hold on bide tarry pause patient anticipate look forward to guard watch wait a minute stand remain hang on expectation waitress stay for serve look for look hope hold off hold have patience halt be patient attend wait on time lag temporizing stand still rest reside postponement ok linger keep watch just a minute hold back exist equal dwell don’t move

Topics wait topics

What do people use wait to talk about?
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Move quickly

Move slowly
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Patient

Impatient
States Time Relative time Before

After
Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Serve
Social behavior Conflict Fight Attack

Ambush
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunt
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Until

  • What words indicate that something will not happen until something else happens?
    until wait until
States Time Aspectual time Future

Not yet
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

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Conjugation wait conjugation

How do you conjugate wait?

wait · verb

Examples wait examples

How do I use wait in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I don't want to wait that long.
Wait in the waiting room.
Wait here till I come back.
He asked me to wait there until he came back.
You might as well wait until Tuesday.
Please wait for me at the station.
Wait till the rain stops.
In case I am late, you don't have to wait for me.
I can wait for him no longer.
I can't wait to go on a vacation.
If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.
I can only wait.
You have only to wait here for him.
You'd better not wait here.
All you can do is to wait.
Ten years is a long time to wait.
I don't want to wait so long.
All you have to do is wait for his arrival.

Movie subtitles

Wait, mother!
I'll wait by your house.
I'll wait till you come out.
Just wait, mom!
Just wait five years!
Would you like to wait a bit? I'll bring Yoon's clothes, wanna wear that?
Please wait!
Wasn't having Zero tell us to wait here enough for you?
It'll have to wait till the security situation in Area 11 has stabilized.
Wait, this can't be Orlando.
Wait, what?! Where am I?
Wait, what are you doing?
Johnny, wait for me.
Wait, so he had a woman without me knowing?!
Wait for my signal to shoot.
We'll wait here.
Wait for us for lunch. - Yes.
Let's go. We should wait for the infantry. They're 3 hours away.
Some port as you wait?
We still have to wait.
I'll wait for as long as it takes.
Wait. Settle down. There's more.
Wait. Where are you going?
Mmm. Wait till you see them under clothes.
Wait, did you?
Wait! Oh, yeah, for sure.
Wait. Stop. Hang on.
I can't make you wait for me.
Wait, Annie.
Wait for me, Miss Tae Gong Shil.
Wait. you don't look familiar for some reason.
Please wait for a moment.
THAT WAY, IF THIS OLIVER GUY TURNS OUT -- WAIT.
Wait.
I'M GONNA PUT A HOLE IN HIS HEAD. NO! WAIT!
WAIT! WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
IS THE HEALTHIEST -- WAIT. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WITHOUT HAVING JEFF THERE. WAIT.

News and current affairs

But the world should not wait for the America to come to its senses.
So, as we watch and wait, we need to be as supportive - but not overbearing - as possible.
Increasing risk aversion is leading economic agents to adopt a wait-and-see stance that makes the slowdown partly self-fulfilling.
After all, by capping spreads, the buyback facility would limit the downside risk while providing incentives to hold the bonds and wait for the upside - a good reason, perhaps, to make the facility a temporary offer.
Another idea is to require anyone in the US wanting to regularize their immigration status to go home and wait in line there.
This last component is largely rhetoric; it is hard to imagine any Mexican already in the US voluntarily returning to, say, Zacatecas to wait patiently in line for a new visa.
Investment bankers wait with bated breath for the merger and acquisition league tables, even though the link between a high ranking and profitability is somewhere between loose and non-existent.
Because banks service their depositors on a first-come-first-served basis, those who wait risk being left empty-handed, because the bank may be forced to liquidate its long term-assets at a loss and run out of resources.
As with deposit insurance, repurchase agreements solve the coordination failure problem because depositors know that, even if they wait, the bank will be able to accommodate their withdrawals.
Why wait?
Recapitalization of the banks should wait until then; only the holes created by restructuring the Greek debt would have to be filled immediately.
But interim resolution of water issues does not need to wait for final resolution of the major issues.
There are few heroes in politics; waiting for the politicians would be to wait too long.
If Tour de France officials think they have big problems now with steroids, just wait ten years.
A changing world in which new powers like China and India play an increasingly important role will not wait for Europe to make up its mind.
Israelis wait for the day when our country will no longer be the region's only democracy, because being an island of prosperity in a sea of poverty is unnatural.
In early August, the domino effect of the eurozone periphery's sovereign-debt crisis started to kick in, because financial markets do not wait for country after country to be downgraded.
Even patients who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder often wait more than 10 years after initially seeking treatment for the correct diagnosis to be made.
Many homeowners who can afford to make their mortgage payments will choose to default, move to rental housing, and wait to purchase until house prices have declined further.
If Yanukovych has not amnestied Tymoshenko by then, the EU can, as the Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski suggests, wait for a Ukrainian president that will uphold EU values.
We cannot wait for that to happen.
Her style of leadership, which has mostly consisted of taking a wait-and-see approach to issues, fits this uncertainty well.
Russia and China will not wait for the EU to make up its mind about whether Kazakhstan is a worthy partner.

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