await.
To wait for.
Meaning & usage
To wait for.
I await your reply to my letter.
To expect.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
To watch, observe.
To wait; to stay in waiting.
These are exotic lands where great adventures await.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
A waiting for; ambush.
Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
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