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wait::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | waiting |
| Type of | inactivity |
the wait was an ordeal for him.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | await, expect, look |
| Has types | anticipate, look to, look forward, look for, hold the line, hold on, hang on, expect |
| Verb group | expect, anticipate |
| Derivation | waiter |
he is waiting to be drafted.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | delay, hold, postponement, time lag |
| Type of | interruption, suspension, pause, intermission, break |
| Has types | retardation, moratorium, extension |
wait::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Has types | ambush, ambuscade, bushwhack, cool one's heels, kick one's heels, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, stand by, stick about, stick around, waylay |
| Derivation | waiting, waiter |
I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets.
Examples of wait
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It could be up to a two-month wait just to get him into one of those facilities.
From the dailyherald.com
Needless to say, I'm very excited, and I can't wait for you all to check it out.
From the stltoday.com
Of course, customers don't have to wait until April to eat ripe California kiwi.
From the stltoday.com
Anyway, can't wait to see how this Charlie Weis hiring works out in Gainesville.
From the news-journalonline.com
The link was viewed by 61 students who had been wait-listed or denied admission.
From the washingtontimes.com
So the pair had decided to hunker down in Odaka and wait for the crisis to pass.
From the newsweek.com
Can't wait to get another TO quality human being and get this guy gone for good.
From the omaha.com
The vuvuzela has yet to win fans among Democrats and Republicans, but just wait.
From the washingtontimes.com
That will have to wait for a future poll that looks at metro areas individually.
From the timesunion.com
- Delay: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
- Stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
- The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
- Wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
- Expect: 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"
- Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
- SpongeBob SquarePants is an animated television series broadcast on Nickelodeon, an American cable network. The series premiered on May 1, 1999 and is currently in its seventh and eighth seasons.
- Wait is an album by Steelheart released October 25, 1996.
- WAIT (850 AM) is a radio station located near Crystal Lake, Illinois. It was purchased by Newsweb Corporation in 2004. Original call letters were WIVS.
