await
verb /əˈweɪt/
/əˈweɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they await | /əˈweɪt/ /əˈweɪt/ |
| he / she / it awaits | /əˈweɪts/ /əˈweɪts/ |
| past simple awaited | /əˈweɪtɪd/ /əˈweɪtɪd/ |
| past participle awaited | /əˈweɪtɪd/ /əˈweɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form awaiting | /əˈweɪtɪŋ/ /əˈweɪtɪŋ/ |
- await somebody/something to wait for somebody/something
- He is in custody awaiting trial.
- Her latest novel is eagerly awaited.
Extra Examples- The outcome of the appeal is awaited with interest.
- her long awaited return to professional tennis
- Scientists are still awaiting the results of tests.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- anxiously
- breathlessly
- nervously
- …
- long awaited
- await somebody to be going to happen to somebody
- A warm welcome awaits all our guests.
- Who knows what dangers may await us?
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + waitier ‘to wait’.