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wait

Definition for wait

noun as in pause, delay

Strongest match

interval

Strong matches

down, downtime, halt, hold, interim, rest, stay

Weak matches

holdup, on hold, time wasted

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Example Sentences

“It's very painfully slow for many of us who have been waiting for some sort of closure.”

From BBC

In the blurb to the exhibition, Wintour writes that she has “probably spent a year of my life waiting for fashion shows, which are famously tardy, to begin”.

From BBC

The emergency medicine consultants said a lack of capacity in accident and emergency left one patient waiting almost six hours in the back of an ambulance with a fractured hip.

From BBC

“I feel like an MMA fighter who keeps getting inflation in a choke hold, waiting for it to tap out, yet it keeps slipping out of my grasp at the last minute,” Waller said.

From Salon

"This song is a celebration of that shift. We're no longer waiting for charity; we’re building our own futures," he added.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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