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⏳ To wait for 💻 To pause code
to await

to await

21 6.2
To pause a function that runs in the background until a promise finishes and continue with its result
  • verb
  • /əˈweɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pausar la ejecución
  • We're preaching that message to our daughter as she too awaits a decision from Rice.
  • await your arrival
  • await further

So a system is created such that it awaits input from your your control pad, whatever that control pad may be.

Examples

  • - But... - await my signal.

    The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

  • We're still awaiting positive identification of the body.

    Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

  • I have never heard of and await further instructions.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • This is Master Control awaiting instructions.

    This Island Earth (1955)

  • There are, of course, a number of unanswered questions raised by this study that must await further research.

    Academic text (2001)

  • JUDGE: I order you remanded to custody to await trial.

    Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)

  • Actual age measurements of this surface had to await the rock samples returned to Earth by Apollo astronauts.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Oak Ridge is awaiting comments from DOE on its proposed redesign.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Andy grits his teeth and closes his eyes, awaiting the explosion.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The program will await a user's response before continuing with the next task.

Synonyms

to wait
vsto await
∞ 1.0

To stay in one place or delay action until something happens

pauses execution until a task completes and then proceeds with the result
to wait on
vsto await
  • US
83 3.9

To delay doing something until someone answers or a situation changes

pauses program execution and then continues using the resulting value or error handling

Antonyms

to continue
∞ 1.0

To start again after a pause

Surface Forms

await infinitive
awaited past
awaited past participle
awaiting present participle
awaits third person singular

Morphology

await = wait (semi-transparent) = a + wait

The basic idea of 'waiting' is recognizable, but the programming use is a specialized technical extension rather than an everyday derivation.

Etymology

In programming, await comes from the same parts, a- + wait, with wait meaning 'to watch' or 'be awake'. So to await a Promise or task in code is simply to 'wait for' it to finish before the next step runs.