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waited

VERB

pause, rest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

await delay expect hang linger remain stand by stay stick around watch

STRONG

abide anticipate bide dally foresee stall tarry

WEAK

bide one's time cool it fill time hang around hang onto your hat hang out hold back hold everything hold on hold the phone hole up keep shirt on lie in wait lie low look for look forward to mark time put on hold save it sit tight sit up for stay up for sweat it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance go hurry leave rush

STRONG

carry on move

WEAK

carry out do forge forward go ahead

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of people waited through the night -- and in some cases for several days -- hoping to get their hands on the "Royal Pop" timepieces, made in collaboration with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

A Haifa court held that international law still authorized prize-taking, but Israel had waited too long to bring the condemnation proceeding.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

What followed was an hours-long ordeal on a life raft, as the pilot and the passengers waited for rescuers to find them.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

I put it all into a spreadsheet, one by one, and then waited to see if there would be some kind of grand, larger message.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Remembering what had happened last time, I waited to see which empty set of chairs Elliot would choose.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin