await

Speech parts

1. await - Noun

2. await - Verb

Meaning

To watch for; to look out for.

To wait on, serve, or attend.

To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.

To watch.

To wait (on or upon).

To wait; to stay in waiting.

A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wait expect anticipate wait for hold look bide look forward to watch for tarry service remain meet want stay
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Antonyms

come fear decline doubt reject ignore
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Hyponyms

expect anticipate hang on look for hold on look to

Phrases with the word

actively await

Derivatives

awaited awaiting

Anagrams

awati Iwata

Examples

It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday. Anton Chekhov

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years. Pierre Corneille

Dangers await only those who do not react to life. Mikhail Gorbachev

I pray you, magnificent Sir, do not trouble yourself to return to us, but await our coming to you. Giordano Bruno

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us. Gamal Abdel Nasser

Happiness does not await us all. One needn't be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money. That is why we must hang on to one another. Anton Chekhov

Close letter words and terms

Awadhi awag awaie awaitable awaited awaited death