wait
/weɪt/
verb
- To stay in a place or delay action until something expected happens or someone arrives.
- We waited for the bus for twenty minutes.
- She is waiting for her friend to call.
- Please wait here while I get the tickets.
- To be left undone or unresolved until a later time.
- The laundry can wait until tomorrow.
- The decision will have to wait until the manager returns.
- Don't let your homework wait until the last minute.
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noun
- A period of time spent waiting.
- We had a short wait before the movie started.
- The wait for the concert tickets seemed endless.
- There was a long wait at the doctor's office.
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