What does WAIT mean?
Definitions for WAIT
weɪtwait
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word WAIT.
Princeton's WordNet
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, waitnoun
time during which some action is awaited
"instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
wait, waitingverb
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
"the wait was an ordeal for him"
waitverb
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
"I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
wait, hold off, hold backverb
wait before acting
"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
expect, look, await, waitverb
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"
wait, waitressverb
serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
"I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
Wiktionary
waitnoun
A delay.
I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
waitnoun
An ambush.
They laid in wait for the patrol.
waitnoun
One who watches; a watchman.
waitnoun
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
waitnoun
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
waitverb
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for".)
waitverb
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
Wait here until your car arrives.
waitverb
To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
Etymology: From waiten, wayten, from waiter, waitier, from Old Low *, derivative of *, from wahtwō, from weǵ-. Cognate with wahten, wachten, guetter, wachtjen. More at watch.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Waitnoun
Ambush; insidious and secret attempts.
If he hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; he that smote him shall be put to death. Num. xxxv. 20.
Why sat’st thou like an enemy in wait? John Milton.
To Waitverb
Etymology: wachten, Dutch.
Bid them prepare within;
I am to blame to be thus waited for. William Shakespeare.Aw’d with these words, in camps they still abide,
And wait with longing looks their promis’d guide. Dryden.Such courage did the antient heroes show,
Who, when they might prevent, would wait the blow. Dry.He chose a thousand horse, the flow’r of all
His warlike troops, to wait the funeral. Dryden.Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee,
And everlasting anguish be thy portion. Nicholas Rowe.He is waited for of the sword. Job xv. 22.
To Waitverb
All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come. Job xiv. 14.
The poultry stand
Waiting upon her charitable hand. John Gay.Though Syrinx your Pan’s mistress were,
Yet Syrinx well might wait on her. John Milton, Arcades.One morning waiting on him at Causham, smiling upon me, he said, he could tell me some news of myself. John Denham.
Fortune and victory he did pursue,
To bring them, as his slaves, to wait on you. Dryden.A parcel of soldiers robbed a farmer of his poultry, and then made him wait at table. Jonathan Swift.
The dinner is on the table; my father desires your worship’s company. ——
—— I will wait on him. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.How shall we know when to wait for, when to decline persecution. Robert South, Sermons.
With Vulcan’s rage the rising winds conspire,
And near our palace rolls the flood of fire:
Haste, my dear father, ’tis no time to wait,
And load my shoulders with a willing freight. Dryden.I know, if I am deprived of you, I die:
But oh! I die, if I wait longer for you. Ambrose Philips.It is a point of cunning to wait upon him, with whom you speak, with your eye, as the Jesuits give it in precept. Francis Bacon.
Such ambush waited to intercept thy way. John Milton.
It will import those men who dwell careless, to enter into serious consultation how they may avert that ruin, which waits on such a supine temper. Decay of Piety.
Wikipedia
Wait
Wait is the debut single by American producer Chantel Jeffries. It was released for digital download on May 2, 2018 as the first single from her debut extended play Calculated Luck, by Universal Music Group label, 10:22 pm. The track features guest vocals from American rappers Offset and Vory.
ChatGPT
Wait
Wait is the act of staying in a place or not moving in order to allow time to pass or for something to happen. It often involves patience and can be accompanied by anticipation or expectation.
Webster Dictionary
Waitverb
to watch; to observe; to take notice
Waitverb
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
Waitverb
to stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders
Waitverb
to attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await
Waitverb
to attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect
Waitverb
to cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner
Waitverb
the act of waiting; a delay; a halt
Waitverb
ambush
Waitverb
one who watches; a watchman
Waitverb
hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular
Waitverb
musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen
Etymology: [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See Wait, v. i.]
Wikidata
wait
In computing, wait is a command which pauses until execution of a background process has ended.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wait
wāt, v.i. to stay in expectation (with for): to remain: to attend (with on): to follow: to lie in ambush.—v.t. to stay for: to await: (coll.) to defer: (obs.) to accompany.—n. ambush, now used only in such phrases as 'to lie in wait,' 'to lay wait:' the: act of waiting or expecting: delay: (pl.) itinerant musicians, originally watchmen, who welcome-in Christmas.—ns. Wait′er, one who waits: an attending servant: a salver or tray: a custom-house officer: (obs.) a watchman; Wait′erage, service; Wait′ering, the employment of a waiter; Wait′ing, act of waiting: attendance.—adv. Wait′ingly.—ns. Wait′ing-maid, -wom′an, a female attendant; Wait′ing-room, a room for the convenience of persons waiting; Wait′ing-vass′al (Shak.), an attendant; Wait′ress, a female waiter.—Wait attendance (Shak.), to remain in attendance; Wait upon, on, to call upon, visit: to accompany, to be in the service of: (B.) to look toward, to attend to, do the bidding of.—Lie in wait, to be in hiding ready for attack or surprise.—Lords, or Grooms, in waiting, certain officers in the Lord Chamberlain's department of the royal household; Minority waiter, a waiter out of employment, as a political minority is out of office. [O. Fr. waiter (Fr. guetter), to watch, attend—waite, a sentinel—Old High Ger. wahta (Ger. wacht), a watchman; cog. with A.S. wacan, to watch.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WAIT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wait is ranked #10145 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Wait surname appeared 3,179 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Wait.
94.3% or 2,998 total occurrences were White.
1.9% or 62 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.5% or 49 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1% or 32 total occurrences were Black.
0.7% or 25 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WAIT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1497
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WAIT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #524
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WAIT' in Verbs Frequency: #107
Anagrams for WAIT »
WTAI
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WAIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WAIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of WAIT in a Sentence
We have had enough of him (Machar), we don't want to have another fight...We want the government of South Sudan to continue and we want our people to live in peace and harmony and Riek Machar to wait for elections. This is our position.
They (CVC) are interested, my contacts in Germany say that. They can easily pay in the mid-sixties and still make money, why wait five years instead of selling in five months?
To fight fear, act. To increase fear -- wait, put off postpone.
Secretary McDonald preposterous statement:
This is a solemn duty that we take seriously, we know that Veterans are still waiting too long for care. In our effort to determine how we can better meet Veterans ’ needs, knowing that their satisfaction is our most important measure, we have heard them tell us that wait times alone are not the only indication of their experience with VA and that’s why we must transform the way we do business.
A good rule of thumb is to wait six months to a year between card applications.
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Translations for WAIT
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- wagAfrikaans
- መጠበቅAmharic
- يَنْتَظِرُ, اِنْتَظَرَArabic
- gözləməkAzerbaijani
- ждаць, чакаць, пачакацьBelarusian
- чакам, обслужвамBulgarian
- অপেক্ষা করাBengali
- esperar-se, esperarCatalan, Valencian
- čekat, obsluhovat, PočkejteCzech
- arosWelsh
- venteDanish
- bedienen, wartenGerman
- lalaEwe
- περιμένω, σερβίρωGreek
- atendi, atenduEsperanto
- aguardar, espera, retraso, esperarSpanish
- ootamaEstonian
- وایسادن, صبر کردن, انتظار داشتن, منتظر شدنPersian
- odottaa, odotus, tarjoillaFinnish
- bíðaFaroese
- faire le service, attente, servir, attendreFrench
- fanIrish
- agardar, esperarGalician
- המתין, חיכהHebrew
- इंतज़ार करनाHindi
- várHungarian
- սպասել, սպասարկելArmenian
- menungguIndonesian
- vartarIdo
- bíðaIcelandic
- attendere, attesa, servire a tavola, aspettareItalian
- לחכותHebrew
- ウエイターをする, ウエイトレスをする, 待ち, 待つJapanese
- დალოდებაGeorgian
- күту, тосуKazakh
- រងចាំ, ចាំKhmer
- 시중들다, 서비스하다, 대기하다, 기다림, 기다리다Korean
- күтүүKyrgyz
- exspecto, expectatio, expectoLatin
- waardenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ລໍLao
- lauktiLithuanian
- gaidīt, apkalpotLatvian
- чека, исчекувње, служи, чекањеMacedonian
- хүлээлтMongolian
- menungguMalay
- stennaMaltese
- စောင့်Burmese
- venteNorwegian
- afwachten, bedienen, wachtenDutch
- ventaNorwegian Nynorsk
- venteNorwegian
- esperarOccitan
- czekaćPolish
- aguardar, servir, espera, esperarPortuguese
- suyayQuechua
- spetgarRomansh
- aștepta, servi masa, așteptareRomanian
- обслуживать, подождать, ждать, обслужить, ожидать, ожида́ниеRussian
- vuorditNorthern Sami
- чекати, čekatiSerbo-Croatian
- čakaťSlovak
- čakatiSlovene
- presAlbanian
- bida, väntaSwedish
- мунтазир шуданTajik
- รอThai
- garaşmakTurkmen
- beklemekTurkish
- көтәргәTatar
- ждати, чекатиUkrainian
- انتظار کرناUrdu
- kutmoqUzbek
- đợi, chờVietnamese
- stebedön, bötönVolapük
- ratinde, rawårderWalloon
- וואַרטןYiddish
- 等待Chinese
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