What does await mean?

Definitions for await
əˈweɪtawait

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word await.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

Wiktionary

  1. awaitnoun

    A waiting for; ambush.

  2. awaitnoun

    Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

  3. awaitverb

    To wait for.

    I await your reply to my letter.

  4. awaitverb

    To expect.

  5. awaitverb

    To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for

    Glorious rewards await the good in heaven, eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.

  6. awaitverb

    To wait on, serve or attend (to).

  7. awaitverb

    To watch, observe.

  8. awaitverb

    To wait (on or upon).

  9. awaitverb

    To wait; to stay in waiting.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Awaitnoun

    Ambush. See Wait.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    And least mishap the most bliss alter may?
    For thousand perils lie in close await
    About us daily, to work our decay. Edmund Spenser, Muiopotmos.

  2. To Awaitverb

    Etymology: from a and wait.

    Even as the wretch condemn’d to lose his life,
    Awaits the falling of the murd’ring knife. Edward Fairfax, b. iv.

    Betwixt the rocky pillars Gabriel sat,
    Chief of th’ angelick guards, awaiting night. Par. Lost, b. iv.

    To shew thee what reward
    Awaits the good; the rest, what punishment. Par. L. b. xi.

    Unless his wrath be appeased, an eternity of torments awaits the objects of his displeasure. John Rogers.

Wikipedia

  1. await

    In computer programming, the async/await pattern is a syntactic feature of many programming languages that allows an asynchronous, non-blocking function to be structured in a way similar to an ordinary synchronous function. It is semantically related to the concept of a coroutine and is often implemented using similar techniques, and is primarily intended to provide opportunities for the program to execute other code while waiting for a long-running, asynchronous task to complete, usually represented by promises or similar data structures. The feature is found in C# 5.0, C++20, Python 3.5, F#, Hack, Julia, Dart, Kotlin 1.1, Rust 1.39, Nim 0.9.4, JavaScript ES2017, Swift 5.5 and Zig, with some experimental work in extensions, beta versions, and particular implementations of Scala.

ChatGPT

  1. await

    Await is a verb that means to wait for something or someone, usually for a specific event or action to happen, with anticipation or expectation. It signifies being in readiness or being prepared for something that is going to happen in the future.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Awaitverb

    to watch for; to look out for

  2. Awaitverb

    to wait on, serve, or attend

  3. Awaitverb

    to wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect

  4. Awaitverb

    to be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good

  5. Awaitverb

    to watch

  6. Awaitverb

    to wait (on or upon)

  7. Awaitverb

    to wait; to stay in waiting

  8. Awaitnoun

    a waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed

  9. Etymology: [OF. awaitier, agaitier; (L. ad) + waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Await

    a-wāt′, v.t. to wait or look for: to be in store for: to attend: (obs.) to lie in wait for, to watch. [Through Fr. from the common Teutonic root of Ger. wacht, en, Eng. Wait.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. await

    Ambush; cutting off vessels by means of boats hidden in coves which they must pass in their course.

British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'await' in Verbs Frequency: #709

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of await in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of await in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of await in a Sentence

  1. Simon Coveney:

    In the next two weeks, we need to see written proposals. It needs to happen two weeks from the summit, if there is no progress on the backstop, we are in for an uncertain summer. At this point we need written proposals on the Irish backstop consistent with what was agreed. We await written proposals from the British side.

  2. Soumya Swaminathan:

    They informed us about the preliminary results, which they have gone to the press with. We await to see the final data analysis and the publication that's going to come out of it and certainly our committee will be considering these results as we go on, however, they are two distinct trials, with their own protocols, their own oversight committees and therefore we will continue for now and our committee will consider the data as it becomes available.

  3. Dwight Scott:

    While we await the results of tests to determine if the snow leopard is positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, we can assure you the snow leopard and the Amur leopards who share his habitat are receiving excellent care, our veterinary teams and wildlife care specialists at both the Zoo and Safari Park are highly skilled, dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to ensure the well-being of the wildlife in our care.

  4. Peter Cardillo:

    The market is probably going to have an upward bias for most of the session as investors await the ECB( decision) tomorrow.

  5. Greg Abbott:

    The state of Texas is already prepared for the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine, and will swiftly distribute these vaccines to Texans who voluntarily choose to be immunized, as we await the first shipment of these vaccines, we will work with communities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

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    large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle
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