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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Appeared in the October 21, 2025, print edition as 'Companies Await New Climate Rules'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
Jaguars: Await their road divisional opponent, which likely will be top-seeded Kansas City next weekend.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2023
Capitals: Await the Bruins' result Monday against the New York Islanders to see if their game Tuesday has any meaning for Boston.
From Fox News • May 9, 2021
So, for the time being, Long Await Clothing has been put on hold, though the partners maintain the licenses and trademarks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2015
Turning to Aragorn and Éomer and the men of the king’s household, he cried: ‘Keep well the Lord of the Mark, till I return. Await me at Helm’s Gate! Farewell!’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing await
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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