to waitlist
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3.7
- verb
- /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/
:
poner en lista de espera
- The admissions committee reviews all information and makes a recommendation to admit, not admit, reapply at a future date, or be waitlisted.
Examples
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Washington University in St. Louis waitlisted her.
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I applied to boarding schools in the fall of last year and was subsequently waitlisted from 6 out of 7.
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I didn't even really have a dream school, but when those letters came out, I got accepted, waitlisted, and rejected.
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I was waitlisted at another "dream" school, causing me to go where I ended up—the perfect place for me to be.
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Salzberg says that they're getting ready to launch their beta version in November, and that the project is rolling out invites to the 500,000 users waitlisted there.
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After careful consideration, the committee decided to waitlist several applicants for the upcoming program.
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She was excited to hear that she had been waitlisted for the art class she wanted to take.
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Despite her strong application, she found out she had been waitlisted for the summer internship.
How Technical
Surface Forms
Etymology
To waitlist someone is to put their name on a waitlist, a list of people waiting for an opening. So, to waitlist someone means you give them a place on that list until a space becomes free.