await
Usage
What are other ways to say await?
The verb await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone. Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble?
Example Sentences
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Hanley thinks opportunities await commodity investors who understand the connections and can see the downstream impacts before they make headlines.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Now the TikTok countdown is on before final exams in Phoenix, where redemption and legacy and a rematch await with either winner of the No. 1 Texas vs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The Bears bought land in Arlington Heights in 2021 but await Illinois legislation for infrastructure and property tax guarantees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
"Our greatest interest... is strengthening truly friendly, partnership relations. We have friends here, and they are waiting for us. Just as we await them in Belarus," he told state news agency Belta.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Thus the sermon and the text as we await word.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
