KEEP SB WAITING

Meaning of KEEP SB WAITING in English

to make sb have to wait or be delayed, especially because you arrive late :

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

KEEP SB WAITING — See ↑ WAIT 4
Longman Activator English vocab
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAITING — present part of wait
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAITING — () a. & n. from Wait, v.
Английский словарь Webster
WAITING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wait
Английский словарь Webster
WAITING — a. & n. from Wait, v.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAITING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Wait
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAITING — — waitingly , adv. /way"ting/ , n. 1. a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay. 2. in waiting , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAITING — n. remaining in one place until a certain time or event
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAITING — adj. serving, attending to (as to royalty)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAITING — adj & ·noun from wait, v. 2. waiting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of wait.
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
WAITING — noun park a vehicle for a short time at the side of a road. → wait
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAITING — / ˈweɪtɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the fact of staying where you are or delaying doing sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAITING — n. 1 in senses of WAIT v. 2 a official attendance at court. b one's period of this. øwaiting game …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAITING — n. 1 in senses of WAIT v. 2 a official attendance at court. b one's period of this. waiting game …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAITING — n.1 in senses of WAIT v. 2 a official attendance at court. b one's period of this. Phrases and idioms: …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
WAITING — Synonyms and related words : about to be, agape, agog, all agog, already in sight, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxiety, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAITING — I. noun Waiting is used before these nouns: ↑ area , ↑ list , ↑ lounge , ↑ period , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAITING — • ↑ keep sb waiting
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
WAITING — 1. сущ. ожидание 2. прил. 1) выжидательный Syn : expectant, temporizing 2) ждущий, ожидающий 3) прислуживающий 4) придворный ожидание - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAITING — 1. ʹweıtıŋ n 1. ожидание tedious waiting - томительное ожидание the coach was in waiting - карета стояла у подъезда …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEP — keep.ogg 1. ki:p n разг. 1. прокорм, питание, содержание ten francs a day and keep - десять франков в день …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAITING — выжидание, ожидание play the waiting game — выжидать problem with waiting — задача об обслуживании с ожиданием theory of waiting lines — теория …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAITING — waiting сущ.1) ожидание, выжидание waiting for high water — ожидание полной воды, прилива in waiting — в ожидании I am …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KEEP — keep гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - kept1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAITING — 1. ʹweıtıŋ n 1. ожидание tedious waiting - томительное ожидание the coach was in waiting - карета стояла у подъезда …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. ki:p n разг. 1. прокорм, питание, содержание ten francs a day and keep - десять франков в день и …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAITING — 1. сущ. 1) ожидание, выжидание waiting for high water — ожидание полной воды, прилива in waiting — в ожидании I …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KEEP — 1. гл. ; прош. вр. , прич. прош. вр. - kept 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAITING — 1. сущ. 1) ожидание, выжидание waiting for high water — ожидание полной воды, прилива in waiting — в ожидании I am still in waiting …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KEEP — 1. гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - kept 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WAITING — 1. _n. ожидание 2. _a. 1> выжидательный 2> ждущий; waiting list - список кандидатов (на должность, на получение жилплощади и …
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