Definitions for await
əˈweɪtawait

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.4 / 7 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

   1. To expect; to wait for.

   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.

   2. To attend; to be in store for.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to pronounce await?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say await in sign language?

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. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   This could be the last snowstorm the D.C. area gets this winter, and may be one of the best for sledding in years, children and their parents should able to enjoy sledding on one of the best hills in the city. This is a one-time waiver that will allow Washington kids to sled while we await a more formal review of the ban, which will likely come after the last snow has fallen in our region.

2. Ryan Pack:

   I may be disabled, unhealthy, and poor. I may have suffered tragedies, setbacks, and injustices, but I refuse to give up. I believe in my mind that I am better than what I am. I believe that no matter how bad things get eventually they will look up. I try to focus on the good things that could await in the future rather than all the bad things that have happened. It helps me to keep going.

3. Benito Mussolini:

   Yes, madam, I am finished. My star has fallen. I work and I try, yet know that all is but a farce.... I await the end of the tragedy and – strangely detached from everything – I do not feel any more an actor. I feel I am the last of spectators.

4. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   Children and their parents should able to enjoy sledding on one of the best hills in the city. This is a one-time waiver that will allow Washington kids to sled while we await a more formal review of the ban, which will likely come after the last snow has fallen in our region.

5. Mariana Fulger:

   Life got ahead of me. I thought I would hurry up walking through this desert and I would await its arrival!

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