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Synonyms for await
əˈweɪtawait
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Wiktionary
awaitverb
To wait for.
I await your reply to my letter.
Synonyms:
wait for, anticipate, listen
English Synonyms and Antonyms
await
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Synonyms:
abide, anticipate, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
Princeton's WordNet
expect, look, await, waitverb
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:
count, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, see
Dictionary of English Synonymes
awaitverb
Synonyms:
expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness forawaitverb
Synonyms:
attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#41 | search | |
#64 | see | |
#446 | look | |
#461 | live | |
#749 | ask | |
#794 | front | |
#871 | watch | |
#973 | face | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1539 | require | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1891 | listen | |
#1908 | appear | |
#2011 | count | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2190 | seem | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3607 | attend | |
#3852 | calculate | |
#4364 | bet | |
#6073 | depend | |
#12106 | abide | |
#12474 | awaiting | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#19022 | await | |
#21122 | awaits | |
#24187 | reckon | |
#24712 | waitress | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#68400 | bide | |
#267080 | gestate |
How to use await in a sentence?
All eyes will be on the government as businesses await legislation on how to categorize their workforce – something which could still be a matter of years away.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta:
I ask you all to join me in supporting my deputy and his co-accused as they also await their overdue vindication.
This could be the last snowstorm the D.C. area gets this winter, and may be one of the best for sledding in years, children and their parents should able to enjoy sledding on one of the best hills in the city. This is a one-time waiver that will allow Washington kids to sled while we await a more formal review of the ban, which will likely come after the last snow has fallen in our region.
To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.
Despite recent assurances laid out by China authorities, the relief in China tech has proved to be short-lived thus far, as market participants await for more concrete policy follow-through in order to restore longer-term confidence.
Translations for await
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- wagAfrikaans
- يَنْتَظِرُ, اِنْتَظَرَArabic
- gözləməkAzerbaijani
- чака́ць, ждацьBelarusian
- очаквам, оча́квам, ча́кам, обслу́жвамBulgarian
- অপেক্ষা করাBengali
- esperarCatalan, Valencian
- očekávat, čekatCzech
- afventeDanish
- erwarten, harrenGerman
- esperarSpanish
- ootamaEstonian
- منتظر شدن, منتظر ... بودنPersian
- tarjoilla, olettaa, palvella, odottaa, tarkkaillaFinnish
- attendre, servirFrench
- इंतज़ार करनाHindi
- várHungarian
- սպասելArmenian
- bíðaIcelandic
- attendere, aspettare, servireItalian
- 待つJapanese
- დალოდებაGeorgian
- күту, тосуKazakh
- ចាំ, រងចាំKhmer
- 기다리다Korean
- күтүүKyrgyz
- expecto, opperior, exspectoLatin
- ລໍLao
- lauktiLithuanian
- sagaidīt, gaidītLatvian
- очекува, чекаMacedonian
- хүлээлтMongolian
- avventeNorwegian
- afwachten, liggen, verwachten, klaarliggen, wachten, dienen, bedienenDutch
- oczekiwać, czekaćPolish
- esperar, aguardarPortuguese
- aștepta, servi masaRomanian
- обслу́живать, подожда́ть, ожида́ть, обслужи́ть, ждатьRussian
- očekivati, очекивати, čekati, чекатиSerbo-Croatian
- očakávať, čakaťSlovak
- čakatiSlovene
- presAlbanian
- inväntaSwedish
- รอThai
- garaşmakTurkmen
- beklemekTurkish
- көтәргәTatar
- жда́ти, чека́ти, очі́куватиUkrainian
- انتظار کرناUrdu
- kutmoqUzbek
- đợi, chờ đợi, chờVietnamese
- 等待Chinese
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