transcription, транскрипция: [ əweɪt ]
( awaits, awaiting, awaited)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you await someone or something, you wait for them. ( FORMAL )
He’s awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year.
VERB : V n
2.
Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. ( FORMAL )
A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane.
VERB : V n