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Definition of 'await'English
Verb
( en-verb)
(formal) To wait for.
* Milton
- Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.
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To expect.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
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* 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,
- Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.
* Milton
- O Eve, some farther change awaits us nigh.
To wait on, serve or attend.
To watch, observe.
To wait (on or upon).
To wait; to stay in waiting.
Synonyms
* (wait for) wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound)
Usage notes
* As await means to wait for'', it is not followed by "for". ''*I am awaiting for your reply is therefore incorrect.
Noun
( en-noun)
(label) A waiting for; ambush.
(label) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
*, Book VII:
*:Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte , as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , VI.6:
*:For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […].
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