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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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
Demographics for Unusual Tuesday range from late teens to septuagenarians, mingling and meandering as they await the start of the show.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Both were found at hospital before being remanded in custody to await trial.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
—Oil prices edged higher, with traders in a wait-and-see mode as they await the outcome of a high-stakes meeting between Trump and Xi.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Art the Fart combed his hair for fifteen minutes straight, sat down to await the pre-game talk, then excused himself explaining that he had forgotten to comb his hair.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing await
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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