awaited; awaiting; awaits
1
a
: to wait for
We are awaiting his arrival.
await a decision
b
: to remain in abeyance until
a treaty awaiting ratification
2
: to be in store for
He wonders what awaits him next.
3
obsolete
: to lie in wait for
Examples of await in a Sentence
A crowd of people awaited the train.
We're eagerly awaiting his arrival.
He was arrested and is now in prison awaiting trial.
Her long-awaited new novel is finally being published.
The same fate awaits us all.
Recent Examples on the Web
Border communities like this one now await the fate of a state law that allows police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 22 May 2024
The crypto industry has been eagerly awaiting regulatory actions from the U.S. authorities and advocating for changes in laws to prevent crypto from being categorized as a security.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 May 2024
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 22 May 2024
The crypto industry has been eagerly awaiting regulatory actions from the U.S. authorities and advocating for changes in laws to prevent crypto from being categorized as a security.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 May 2024
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“Await.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/await. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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