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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
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Example Sentences
“It’s a sad commentary Senate Democrats kept farmers waiting two years before releasing the Farm Bill text,” Grassley said.
She got her start waiting tables at the Redd Foxx Club on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood, but was noticed for her beauty and invited on stage, where she was a natural.
They’ve been waiting so long for the first and perhaps only time to be teammates this season.
One of the couple’s fears is that Mushie is on her own and waiting for them to come and rescue her, Sidhu said.
"We hope it's possible to get ahead of the issue of failing weed control on the research and development side, because the cost of waiting until everything fails could be painful."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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