await

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/əˈwɛɪt/ English

Definitions

noun

A waiting for; ambush.
Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

verb

To wait for.“I await your reply to my letter.”
To expect.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.“Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.”
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.

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Synonyms

attend to service anticipate listen wait for wait expect look waiting bide delay hold want hope see expected pending eyed

Associated

arrival resurrection instructions deportation execution trial outcome inevitable orders confirmation fate disposal

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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