verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fate awaits sb formal (= a fate will happen to someone )
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A terrible fate awaited any soldier who was captured.
await execution (= wait to be killed )
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The convicted men were moved to Virginia Penitentiary to await execution.
await the outcome (= wait for the final result )
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Medical science must await the outcome of proper international debate.
be awaiting/facing trial
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Its managing director is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
anxiously
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Chief Inspector Meeks for one, will be anxiously awaiting the outcome.
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And I fear for the darkness as four Justices anxiously await the single vote necessary to extinguish the light.
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I anxiously await its next issues and wish you the best of luck.
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Fans will anxiously await a fitness report on ever-present Pears before their crunch game at Wolves on Saturday.
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Now Debbie Banks, of Kinmel Bay, is anxiously awaiting the result.
eagerly
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Salomon's radically different Adventure 7 boots, using even more ski boot technology, are still eagerly awaited for test.
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Valley teenyboppers were eagerly awaiting an upcoming Veterans Memorial Coliseum concert by the Monkees.
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The clean-up will continue for many months while the outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited .
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She flicked her eyes to Steve standing on the porch terrace eagerly awaiting admittance to a house of horror.
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The findings will be eagerly awaited .
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The swans started to build their nest several weeks ago and everyone at the factory had been eagerly awaiting the big day.
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He folded the paper and tossed it across the table to eagerly awaiting hands.
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They are eagerly awaited , for even a partially effective vaccine could have a significant impact on the virus's spread.
long
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Long awaited e-commerce portals are also opening up.
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The appearance of a drug that promotes sleep without depressing the central nervous sys-tem has been long awaited .
now
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I found Timelord to be extremely useful in controlling my time and I am now awaiting my registered version.
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Redwood City officials now await the next phase: testing for real gunshots.
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The track world now awaits his move up to 5,000m.
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That strategy could be thwarted by a lawsuit challenging expansion financing that is now awaiting review by the state Supreme Court.
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Confirmation of this adaptation of the V-domain interface in cell-adhesion interactions now awaits direct structural data for the ligand or the complex.
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These garments now await the guile of high-priced tailors before transfer to my hotel.
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Whatever fate now awaits him, the Friar-Tuck figure of Casey would find it physically hard to emulate the vicar.
still
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The fact that, though they had been pared, no fewer than 13 charges still awaited Mr Nadir is discouraging.
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Although a killer application still awaits discovery, proponents of on-line radio see some possible uses and benefits of the new technology.
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One long-standing allegation of satanic elements in masonry, however, still awaits a satisfactory answer.
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Nearly two years later, the families of the 168 people killed in Oklahoma City still await their first day in court.
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He is still awaiting an asylum decision.
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The awarding of rehabilitation loans and grants still awaited council approval despite the sizable waiting lists.
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A month later, however, she returned, complaining of discomfort from the lesion and still awaiting her clinic appointment.
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approval
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These proposals have been approved by special general meetings of both institutes, and now only await Privy Council approval .
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The high-resolution mass spectrometer is awaiting approval .
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The company has completed trials on a lymphoma drug and is awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Plant officials were awaiting approval of the plans by a review board of senior managers.
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The awarding of rehabilitation loans and grants still awaited council approval despite the sizable waiting lists.
arrival
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In the play s celebrated central act they get riotously tipsy as they await the nocturnal arrival of the Gallic Romeo.
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Senior courtiers went to await the arrival of the train at the capital.
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Alan Watkins, who was awaiting the arrival of the Chancellor himself, gave Amaranth his approving eye.
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So when he prophesies a shiner, I await its certain arrival ....
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I saw the Manor at Welshpool where a Class 37 and its passengers awaited its arrival .
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I am like a shipwrecked survivor holding fast to the debris, awaiting the arrival of the scheduled liner.
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Two very new and raw advisers were awaiting the arrival of Mr Rocke.
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Therese of Lisieux arrived right on schedule at the city's main Catholic seminary yesterday morning, where hundreds awaited the arrival .
bill
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The Supreme Court's decision also focused attention on the Freedom of Choice bill currently awaiting congressional consideration.
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A bill awaiting action would end benefits for addicts and alcoholics.
charge
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Three young men were arrested on June 11 to await charges in connection with the incidents.
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Ted is incarcerated in California, awaiting trial on murder charges .
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Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges .
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He's already been in prison for seventeen months awaiting trial on drugs charges .
custody
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If so the alleged offender may be held in custody to await trial.
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Lane has been convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter and is in custody awaiting sentencing next month.
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The rest are in custody and await arraignment.
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Eighteen more defendants have been indicted in the conspiracy, including six who are in custody awaiting trial.
day
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Pienaar is still awaiting the day he can field his first-choice side.
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What further nasty surprises awaited me that day ?
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Lord Kazador has sworn vengeance and awaits the day when he can crush the Orc chieftain.
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Nearly two years later, the families of the 168 people killed in Oklahoma City still await their first day in court.
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It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to await the day when it will begin to abolish itself from below.
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The swans started to build their nest several weeks ago and everyone at the factory had been eagerly awaiting the big day .
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Currently the building is dismantled and is stored at Bo'ness awaiting the day when the rebuilding operation can begin.
decision
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He is still awaiting an asylum decision .
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Other defensive measure have included the long-awaited decision by Sir Rocco Forte to separate his chairman and chief executive jobs.
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Inside Whitemoor prison near Peterborough, he's still awaiting a decision on when that hearing will be.
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It probably will await a decision in the California suit.
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They remained disassembled for several years in storage awaiting a studio decision on their fate.
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Their applications for asylum are being processed gradually; most are still awaiting a decision .
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Not to be melodramatic, but the empire awaits your decision .
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These moneys are genuinely additional and we await his decision .
fate
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It was then that I began to discover the fate that awaited me as a female.
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A horrible fate awaited these young creatures.
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Their bodies were left for several hours to serve as an example of the fate awaiting people who oppose the regime.
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A wise suspicion is that such a fate awaits any treaty containing grandiose reductions or harsh enforcement penalties.
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The respective fates awaiting the two groups of embryos could not be more dissimilar.
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He went to fetch his wife and off to whatever fate awaited him, and Eddie and I resumed on the road.
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A similar fate awaits reform of welfare and health spending.
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This or a similar fate awaits the organization that stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the reality of its circumstances.
interest
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Identification of the gene encoding s-ADH and the eventual search for polymorphisms are awaited with interest .
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We await the rematch with interest .
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The backlash is awaited with interest by everyone, even those with only a passing interest in the music scene.
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We await this report with interest because it will also provide information to assist with future policy reviews.
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I gave evidence to that Committee this week, and we all await conclusions with interest .
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This project has recently been entered for a Saltire Award, the outcome of which is awaited with interest .
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I await with interest the Market Research Society's verdict.
outcome
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Most still linger in county jails, awaiting the outcome of appeals or seeking jury trials.
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He remains in Washington awaiting the outcome of a police investigation.
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Many trade disputes are pending, awaiting the outcome of the talks; failure would activate them immediately.
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Her appeal is pending, awaiting the outcome of the Texas dispute.
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The team is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a combination order which is normally awarded for serious offences like burglary.
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The liberation of the entire Church awaits the outcome of this issue.
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In many fields, however, negotiations were awaiting the outcome of the dispute over farm trade.
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However, its marketing has recently been taken over by Letraset and we await to see the outcome .
prison
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He was charged with the murder of Sara Hart and then escorted to Aylesbury Prison to await trial.
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The top two leaders of the group, Gilberto and Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, remain in prison awaiting trial.
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At Gloucester Prison while on remand awaiting trial the prosecution say Gardiner made threats against White.
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Koskotas himself remained in a prison awaiting trial on major fraud charges.
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He's already been in prison for seventeen months awaiting trial on drugs charges.
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He'd spent 18 months in prison awaiting trial and served 6 months of a 10 year sentence.
report
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Fans will anxiously await a fitness report on ever-present Pears before their crunch game at Wolves on Saturday.
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We await this report with interest because it will also provide information to assist with future policy reviews.
result
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Today the police said that after a postmortem examination, they're still awaiting the results of more tests.
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Investigators were awaiting results of toxicology tests.
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So the snake makes its deft, rapid lunge and then immediately withdraws to await results .
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We reload and await results as we watch the vapor rising from the ground.
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Phusi's lawyers in New York declined to comment, but United fans will await the result of any investigations with interest.
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As they await the results , Tom reveals his motives.
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I am now awaiting results to further tests.
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Milwaukee is now experimenting with such a program, and social scientists await the long-term results .
return
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Now, however, they sat looking out of the window, evidently awaiting my return .
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Before returning to Washington to await the returns, Dole cast his vote in his hometown of Russell, Kan.
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Her employer and friend, Susan Drake, sat mending below, awaiting her husband's return .
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They will remain there in a state of torpor, patiently awaiting the return of the rains.
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While we have been patrolling the chef has been woken, and breakfast awaits our return .
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But anything I might do in that way would have to await my return home.
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Most of all I am eagerly awaiting his return to Wimbledon this summer to bring more fun and excitement to the fortnight.
trial
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He is awaiting trial in Luzira Prison, near the capital, Kampala.
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Puccio is also the lawyer for Alex Kelly, a Connecticut man awaiting trial on rape charges.
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Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
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The judiciary is a farce: 80 % of prisoners are awaiting trial .
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A total of 18 former Noricum employees were already awaiting trial in Linz.
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The two alleged gunmen are awaiting trial in federal court.
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Anna was raped and strangled by a man who was on bail awaiting trial for rape.
turn
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For two years she had awaited the turn of events before deciding which side to join, while maintaining a mobilized army.
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Suddenly Tambini had run over to where most of us stood, awaiting our turn at the firing point.
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Yet he boasts of having already arranged more than 70 kidney transplants, and maintaining a list of 50 donors awaiting their turn .
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They are hauled off to a depot, to await their turn to be processed.
verdict
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Everyone was watching in silence, awaiting his verdict .
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No longer smiling, he stood nervously awaiting our verdict .
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Meanwhile, Yoon sits in a Seoul jail awaiting his verdict .
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Never before had Dustin been so exposed or felt such trepidation while awaiting their verdict on him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The British army was trapped on the sands, awaiting destruction.
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The committee is awaiting a decision from head office before it takes any action.
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Two men have been charged with murder and are now in prison awaiting trial.
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We knew that blizzard conditions awaited us in Boston.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A horrible fate awaited these young creatures.
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As Lord Westbourne stomped back in, in a thoroughly bad temper, one more shock awaited him.
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But Mr Kostunica is suggesting, with characteristic caution, that any such prosecution await reforms of the legal system.
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Hospital waiting lists have grown to almost one million people awaiting treatment.
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On that day I was ordered to close my eyes and await a big surprise.
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The rest are in custody and await arraignment.