Definition of wait Wait
/wejˈt/ - [weyt] - wait
We found 30 definitions of wait from 6 different sources.
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What does wait mean?
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NounPlural: waits |
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| wait - the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" | ||
| waiting | ||
| inactivity being inactive; being less active | ||
| wait - time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" | ||
| delay, hold, time lag, postponement | ||
| intermission, pause, interruption, suspension, break the act of suspending activity temporarily | ||
| extension act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need" | ||
| moratorium suspension of an ongoing activity | ||
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| wait - stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets" | ||
| ambuscade, lie in wait, waylay, ambush, scupper, bushwhack, lurk wait in hiding to attack | ||
| cool one's heels, kick one's heels wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely; be kept waiting; "She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy" | ||
| stick about, stick around, stand by be available or ready for a certain function or service | ||
| wait - wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" | ||
| hold off, hold back | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| hold out wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses" | ||
| delay cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" | ||
| wait - serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" | ||
| waitress | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| wait - look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" | ||
| expect, look, await | ||
| anticipate, expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism" | ||
| expect look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March" | ||
| look forward expect or hope for; "I look to hear from you soon" | ||
| look to turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings" | ||
| hold the line, hang on, hold on hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant | ||
| look for, look to, anticipate turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wait (Noun)
A delay. - wait (Noun)
An ambush. - wait (Noun)
One who watches; a watchman. - wait (Noun)
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians. - wait (Noun)
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. formerly waites, wayghtes. - wait (Verb)
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. - wait (Verb)
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness. - wait (Verb)
To wait tables ; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wait (v. i.)
To watch; to observe; to take notice. - wait (v. i.)
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart. - wait (v. t.)
To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders. - wait (v. t.)
To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await. - wait (v. t.)
To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect. - wait (v. t.)
To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner. - wait (v. i.)
The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. - wait (v. i.)
Ambush. - wait (v. i.)
One who watches; a watchman. - wait (v. i.)
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular. - wait (v. i.)
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To refrain from acting or moving for some duration or until some event occurs. -
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To look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come. -
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To serve in a restaurant.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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wait
Ambush. To lay wait, to lie in ambush; to prepare an ambuscade. To lie in wait, to lie in ambush; to be secreted in order to fall by surprise on an enemy.
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