Synonyms for await
əˈweɪtawait

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1. awaitverb

   To wait for.

   I await your reply to my letter.

   Synonyms:
   wait for, anticipate, listen

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1. 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, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. 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

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1. awaitverb

   Synonyms:
   expect, abide, wait for, stay for, look for, be in readiness for

2. awaitverb

   Synonyms:
   attend, be in store for, be prepared for, be ready for

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1. List of paraphrases for "await":

   expect, wait, awaiting, awaits

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How to use await in a sentence?

1. Trump Organization:

   Various facilities are temporarily closed given local, state and federal mandates, we anxiously await the day when this pandemic is over and our world-class facilities can reopen.

2. Simon Coveney:

   In the next two weeks, we need to see written proposals. It needs to happen two weeks from the summit, if there is no progress on the backstop, we are in for an uncertain summer. At this point we need written proposals on the Irish backstop consistent with what was agreed. We await written proposals from the British side.

3. Franck Don:

   We will remain vigilant about the social impact and await a clearer and more detailed picture of the plan's implications for plants, volume, and how much work will be given to the foundries, but the project in the form it's been presented makes sense because the two groups complement each other, are in good financial health, and thanks to the new format will attain a critical size which is vital in the auto business today.

4. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   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.

5. Soumya Swaminathan:

   They informed us about the preliminary results, which they have gone to the press with. We await to see the final data analysis and the publication that's going to come out of it and certainly our committee will be considering these results as we go on, however, they are two distinct trials, with their own protocols, their own oversight committees and therefore we will continue for now and our committee will consider the data as it becomes available.