AWAIT


Meaning of AWAIT in English

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

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