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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Hanley thinks opportunities await commodity investors who understand the connections and can see the downstream impacts before they make headlines.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
There was never a time that I saw them when I didn’t think about what might await them in the coming years as they headed to posts around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Now the TikTok countdown is on before final exams in Phoenix, where redemption and legacy and a rematch await with either winner of the No. 1 Texas vs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
Northern Ireland await in the play-off semi-final, and the winners will face Wales or Bosnia-Herzegovina for a place in Group B alongside co-hosts Canada, Switzerland and Qatar.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
As soon as she could, Jerrie escaped back to Oklahoma to return to work and await the second phase of testing.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
