wait
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1.0
- noun
- /weɪt/
:
espera
- I hope it was not too long a wait, Kundun.
- wait time
- a long wait
- a wait list
And some things may not be a two week wait situation, right?
- And some things may not be a two week wait situation, right?
- It's so good and worth the wait my good friends.
- And and unless he had, you know, the wait at the Commission meetings.
- Megapacks right now have a about a two year wait time, which is crazy.
- Then like the lineup, the wait for the Uber was like insane.
- We're going to have a couple of months wait on it, but it's coming.
Examples
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Of course this never happened, and the wait for the second bus stretched dreary and long.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's a long wait until Monday morning.
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Once you go into Mexico, it's like a three hour wait to get back in.
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This is a very long wait.
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There's a wait list for that one.
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The wait won't be long.
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A stopover turned into a long, empty wait of forty days and nights.
Academic text (1996) -
Students expressed frustration with long waits to see their school counselor and minimal meeting time with them.
Academic text (2015) -
Conclusion: Plastic surgery wait times in Ontario exceeded benchmarks in several geographical regions.
Academic text (2012) -
Due to the high volume of calls, your wait time may be 5 to 15 minutes.
Synonyms
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1.0
Time spent staying in one place while expecting someone or something
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1.3
A time when something happens later than planned
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2.0
A time when something is paused or delayed
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3.8
A delay that stops something from moving forward
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3.4
A delay that makes an event or activity happen later than planned
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4.4
A delay between an event and its effect
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5.1
A situation with no progress or decisions while people wait
Idioms
- Informal
To delay action or decisions until things become clearer
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wait comes from an old idea like watch, which meant 'to be awake and ready'. So a wait is a time when you stay in one place and expect something to happen.