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
Treasury yields were slightly lower as investors await the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s April meeting, the last to be chaired by Jerome Powell.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Both resisted the urge to panic and swim against the current, instead opting to float and await rescue as was taught to them by their father years before at their local swimming pool.
From BBC • May 19, 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
As the mourners turned their backs to the coffin to await its burial, Pinmei could not help stealing a look.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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