await

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

awaits

V_ing/Gerund

awaiting

V_ed/pp

awaited

1.
(formal, transitive)To wait for.
I await your reply to my letter.
2.
(transitive)To expect.
3.
(transitive)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.
4.
(intransitive, transitive)To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
5.
(intransitive)To watch, observe.
6.
(intransitive)To wait; to stay in waiting.
These are exotic lands where great adventures await.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

awaits

1.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A waiting for; ambush.
2.
(obsolete, uncountable)Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

attend toservice anticipate listenwait for

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English awaiten, from awaitier (to lie in wait for, watch, observe), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (to) + waitier (to watch). More at wait.