await

The definition of await is you are expecting or ready for something.

(verb)

An example of await is when you know a bus is arriving soon.

See await in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME awaiten < Anglo-Norm awaitier < a- (L ad), to + waitier, wait)

intransitive verb

to wait

See await in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb a·wait·ed, a·wait·ing, a·waits

verb, transitive

a. To wait for. See Synonyms at expect.
b. To be in a state of abeyance until: a contract awaiting signature.
To be in store for: Death awaits us all.
Obsolete To lie in ambush for.

verb, intransitive

Origin:

Origin: Middle English awaiten

Origin: , from Old North French awaitier

Origin: : a-, on (from Latin ad-; see ad-)

Origin: + waitier, to watch; see wait

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