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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"As well as the Maguire family, the families of Columba McVeigh, Joseph Lynskey and Robert Nairac still await the return of their loved ones' remains."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
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
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 fell after a three-day rally as investors await developments in U.S.-Iran negotiations and brace for a two-day summit between Washington and Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
‘Fear not! Not West but East does our doom await us.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing await
Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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