Usage of "to wait" | TermGallery

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Future event or consequence that is considered or anticipated to be the most likely to happen.

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Examples for "waiting"

Examples for "waiting"

However, the current situation regarding waiting lists is clearly less than satisfactory. 
 The Irish Times 

However, many of us may be waiting to 'get our money right'. 
 Ebony 

The law said the waiting period should be at least 60 days. 
 Reuters 

International best practice indicates waiting times should be less than 90 days. 
 The Irish Times 

Getting together with extended family is a good time waiting to happen. 
 Ebony 

However, he had little expectation that the court would hear the case. 
 The Guardian 

And of course then, a long period of tension and expectation started. 
 Radio NZ 

Analysts' average expectation was 84 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. 
 Reuters 

Loud voices in the antechamber interrupted her; she listened in breathless expectation. 
 Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel 

It's a day to strike the right balance between expectation and reality! 
 The South African 

Usage of to wait in English

I was prepared to wait for however long it would have taken. 
 The Guardian 

However, the UK is now committed to wait for the UN report. 
 The Guardian 

However, we'll have to wait for a suggested South African retail price. 
 The South African 

I really have to ask you to wait for the bus outside-' 
 Salem’s Lot 

Even the Army couldn't expect families to wait beyond a month-sixweeks. 
 The red door 

His wife said he got a call to wait at home today. 
 Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor 

His calm state told her they still had time left to wait. 
 Dhampir 

This one had been approaching for several minutes- alongtime to wait. 
 Seveneves 

Without bases there, people would be forced to wait longer for help. 
 Radio NZ 

In the meantime he waited; one learns to wait in the North. 
 The Lure of the North 

He said, in 1852: On that point, I am willing to wait. 
 The zinn reader 

Now I just have to wait for the good news, he thought. 
 Sacrifice 

We shall have to wait to see just how often that happens. 
 The Guardian 

But I had to know right then; I couldn't stand to wait. 
 The Door Into Summer 

And I don't want to wait a second longer to get started. 
 Truths unveiled 

They didn't have to wait long for the water to take effect. 
 The darkness before the dawn 

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Meanings of to wait in English