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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Technology stocks tumbled on Tuesday, extending a swoon that began in early June, as investors anxiously await the historic SpaceX IPO later this week and retreat from hot parts of the artificial-intelligence playbook.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
IPO fever has gripped Wall Street as investors await the stock-market debuts of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
All this comes as we await a report into the "resilience" of the M4, A55 and A494 – Wales' busiest trunk roads.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
While we await the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards, take a spin through our ranking of the 101 best Los Angeles movies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The nuns await the day of Christ’s birth, only weeks away.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing await
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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