wait
🇺🇸
/weɪt/
🇬🇧
/weɪt/
verb
A1
to stay in one place or delay action until someone comes or something happens
Please wait here until I return.
A1
to hope or expect something to happen, often for a long time
We had to wait many years for our dream to come true.
A2
to be ready for someone to have or use
A warm meal will wait for you when you get home.
A2
to be delayed until later because it's not urgent
This task can wait until tomorrow.
noun
R
the act of waiting or the time spent waiting
The long wait made everyone impatient.
translation
to stay in one place or delay action until someone comes or something happens; to hope or expect something to happen, often for a long time; to be ready for someone to have or use; to be delayed until later because it's not urgent
the act of waiting or the time spent waiting
Word Forms
3rd Present
waits
Progressive
waiting
Past
waited
Perfect
waited
Plural
waits