await
Usage
What are other ways to say await?
The verb await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone. Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble?
Example Sentences
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It has been fully briefed and argued, and now we are just awaiting a decision.
From Salon
The challenge that awaits against the best defence in the Premier League is already tough enough.
From BBC
Market participants are awaiting producers’ remarks and any signal about production strategy at the OPEC+ meeting scheduled for Jan. 4, the analyst adds.
Investors are awaiting China inflation data, due Friday, for signals on the strength of domestic demand.
Away from the Holyrood and Westminster parliaments, developments are awaited in two unrelated prosecutions of political figures.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
