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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“While positive, the devil is in the detail and we await FirstRand’s calculation of the required provision which we expect in a matter of weeks,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
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
"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
Conductor and director looked with shocking depth into the “Expectation” of death and gave a “Farewell” to the “Song of the Earth” we all await.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
The Abbot suggested they all go inside the Abbey and await further developments.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
