What does waiting mean?
Definitions for waiting
ˈweɪ tɪŋwait·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
wait, waiting(adj)
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
"the wait was an ordeal for him"
waiting, ready and waiting(p)(adj)
being and remaining ready and available for use
"waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting"
Wiktionary
waiting(Noun)
Watching.
waiting(Noun)
The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
waiting(Noun)
Attendance, service.
Webster Dictionary
Waiting
of Wait
Waiting
a. & n. from Wait, v
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'waiting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1237
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'waiting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1004
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'waiting' in Nouns Frequency: #2979
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of waiting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of waiting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of waiting in a Sentence
With the backing of EBS BrokerTec, we already have a number of clients lined up waiting for this announcement, ready to come on board.
What is the right way today; it may be wrong tomorrow; thus, avail and enjoy the right way of today than waiting, for tomorrow.
Mainland investors were digesting the excitement from last week as ample funds are waiting to re-enter the market, the anticipation of better earnings outlook following restructuring of industries one-by-one aided buying interest.
It's very, very hard to know whether this meeting ... is going to have any effect on the elections and if it did, what effect it would be - whether it would help the KMT, whether it would help the DPP. I genuinely don't know, but everyone is waiting to see how the conversation goes and whether the discussions between the two leaders continues the positive momentum of the last several years that has seen the relaxation of tensions.
Right now, we have up to 25 to 30 patients sitting for hours in the emergency room waiting room, some of them are not true emergencies but they’re waiting along with the flu right next to them so guess what? Five flus came in, 15 flus walk out. It’s great! And guess what? Half of them don’t realize that they have the flu yet. They’ll be back!
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