Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - await
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Await
await
(awaits, awaiting, awaited) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you await someone or something, you wait for them. (FORMAL) He’s awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year. VERB: V n 2. Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. (FORMAL) A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane. VERB: V n
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verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French aweiter, aguaiter, from a- (from Latin ad-) + guaiter to watch — more at wait Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. obsolete to lie in wait for 2. a. to wait for ~ing his arrival b. to remain in abeyance until a treaty ~ing ratification 3. to be in store for wonders what ~s him next intransitive verb 1. obsolete attend 2. to stay or be in waiting ; wait 3. to be in store ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
v.tr. 1 wait for. 2 (of an event or thing) be in store for (a surprise awaits you). Etymology: ME f. AF awaitier, OF aguaitier (as AD-, waitier WAIT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. ждать, ожидать; дожидаться to await smb. —- ждать кого-л. a treaty awaiting ratification —- договор, пока еще не ратифицированный 2. предстоять (кому-л.) what fate awaits him? —- какая судьба ему уготована (предстоит)? a hearty welcome awaits him —- его ожидает теплый прием ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
smb. s convenience считаться с чьими-л. удобствами AWAIT v. 1) ждать, ожидать 2) предстоять Syn: see hope ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ v formal 1 to wait for something (Several men are awaiting trial for robbery.) 2 if a situation, event etc awaits you, it is going to happen in the future (A terrible surprise awaited them at Mr Tumnus' house) (- see wait1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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