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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Laura Maguire, who is 25 and from Londonderry, has been put in an early medicated menopause as she awaits surgery - a wait which she has been told could take several years.
From BBC
"We eagerly await the details of what this policy will actually entail," said Garin, of the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, adding: "But we urge policymakers not to stop there."
From BBC
Iran, where an insurgent civil society desperately awaits support?
My own family remained evacuated at a hotel in Glendale as they awaited remediation to clear the space of ash.
From Los Angeles Times
Investors are awaiting confirmation of Nvidia’s ability to sell its H200 chips in China or significant new orders from American companies.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
