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How to pronounce await in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms expect, look, wait
Has types look to, anticipate, look forward, expect, hang on, hold on, hold the line, look for
Verb group expect, anticipate

Examples of await

await
Rare collections of cave formations and 20,000 year-old jaguar tracks await you.
From the time.com
Prosecutors asked for McRae and McCabe to be jailed while they await sentencing.
From the guardian.co.uk
Other perfectly restored homes await their owners'return from Zurich or Antwerp.
From the economist.com
Eleven of his platoon mates also await court proceedings for alleged wrongdoing.
From the thenewstribune.com
He will be re-assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Dec. 1 to await deployment.
From the chron.com
An additional 15 await final determination by the armed forces medical examiner.
From the washingtonpost.com
Usually, one would eagerly await its decision on what to do with interest rates.
From the washingtonpost.com
If a majority votes yes, Obama will have to await a vote in the House next week.
From the kansas.com
They anxiously await the steaming buckets of free rice delivered to their desks.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • (awaited) anticipated: expected hopefully
  • A waiting for; ambush; Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation; To wait for; To expect; To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; To wait on, serve or attend (to); To watch, observe; To wait (on or upon); To wait; to stay in waiting
  • Abidan (sv 1); bidan; gebidan
  • Wait for, to look out for.