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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Meanwhile, traders await official stockpiling data from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Tesla stock fell 1.6% in premarket trading, potentially ending a five-day winning streak, as investors await AI news.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
This is where cuts that are a few days shy of their sell-by date go to await a second act.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
An alert from Lithuania's defence ministry on Wednesday said: "Immediately take shelter in a safe place, take care of your close ones, await new recommendations."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
‘It is a red dawn. Strange things await us by the eaves of the forest. Good or evil, I do not know; but we are called. Awake!’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing await
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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