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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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   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. Rick Meckler:

   This market is somewhere between trying to decide the interest rate, oil, dollar question while we await earnings. There's no real earnings out to give it any footing. It's just been drifting back and forth.

2. John Furjanic:

   In my humble opinion, any father who doesn't take their young daughters to watch women's sports (at all levels -- grammar school through pro) is missing a chance to expose their children to the opportunities that await them, long term, parents taking kids to women's games and women's teams promoting themselves in schools has to be helpful to establishing widespread popularity, generations at a time.

3. Jun Rong Yeap:

   Despite recent assurances laid out by China authorities, the relief in China tech has proved to be short-lived thus far, as market participants await for more concrete policy follow-through in order to restore longer-term confidence.

4. Brian Molefe:

   I do not have any expectations that I should stay permanently, but we will await the outcome of the investigation.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   We'd anxiously await mother to cook us a meal, which Jeb Bush never did, if you call pouring a little Hormel out of the box into a boiling pot of water cooking, then Jeb Bush did cook.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=await
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Await
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=await
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Await
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/await
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=await
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=await