await

🇺🇸 /əˈweɪt/ 🇬🇧 /əˈweɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000
verb
C1

to wait for someone or something

We await your reply to our invitation.

C1

something that will happen to someone

A surprise awaits you at the party tonight.

translation

v. to wait for someone or something; something that will happen to someone

Word Forms

3rd Present awaits
Past awaited
Perfect awaited
Progressive awaiting