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await

UK/əˈweɪt/ US/ʌˈweɪt/ fairly common formal

verb

1.

look forward to the probable occurrence of

  • “We were expecting a visit from our relatives”
  • “She is looking to a promotion”
  • “he is waiting to be drafted”
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Origin

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.

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