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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This is where cuts that are a few days shy of their sell-by date go to await a second act.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
England are expected to come through their group which includes West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Scotland and Ireland but would a specialist be needed if India or Australia await in a semi-final?
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Demographics for Unusual Tuesday range from late teens to septuagenarians, mingling and meandering as they await the start of the show.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
—Oil prices edged higher, with traders in a wait-and-see mode as they await the outcome of a high-stakes meeting between Trump and Xi.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
We had no news, no place to go, and no idea what would await us outside the camp.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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