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waiting
adjective as in expectant
Weak matches
alert, anticipative, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, breathless, eager, expecting, hopeful, hoping, in suspense, looking for, on edge, on tenterhooks, prepared, raring, ready, vigilant, waiting on, watchful, with bated breath
adjective as in ready
noun as in abeyance
Strong matches
discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, latency, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension
Weak match
noun as in ambush
Weak match
noun as in expectancy
Strong matches
assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view
Weak match
noun as in latency
Strong matches
discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension
Weak matches
Example Sentences
No such problems for Tuchel and England, who delivered the sort of dazzling performance and statement victory their supporters have been waiting for since his appointment.
Reeves added she would rather spend more of that money on "cutting hospital waiting lists, tackling illegal migration and keeping our country safe."
When it came to his replacement, there was no waiting as Forest moved quickly and Ange Postecoglou was appointed within 13 hours.
“When I got ‘The Office’ I was acting, but I was still babysitting, I was also a teacher’s aide, and I was waiting tables,” he recalls.
Remaining journalists waiting to interview Skinner, including BBC News, did not get a chance to speak to the entrepreneur.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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