Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to await
Participle: awaited
Gerund: awaiting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | await |
| you | await |
| he;she;it | awaits |
| we | await |
| you | await |
| they | await |
Perfect
| I | have awaited |
| you | have awaited |
| he;she;it | has awaited |
| we | have awaited |
| you | have awaited |
| they | have awaited |
Past
| I | awaited |
| you | awaited |
| he;she;it | awaited |
| we | awaited |
| you | awaited |
| they | awaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had awaited |
| you | had awaited |
| he;she;it | had awaited |
| we | had awaited |
| you | had awaited |
| they | had awaited |
Future
| I | will await |
| you | will await |
| he;she;it | will await |
| we | will await |
| you | will await |
| they | will await |
Future Perfect
| I | will have awaited |
| you | will have awaited |
| he;she;it | will have awaited |
| we | will have awaited |
| you | will have awaited |
| they | will have awaited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | await |
| you | await |
| he;she;it | await |
| we | await |
| you | await |
| they | await |
Perfect
| I | have awaited |
| you | have awaited |
| he;she;it | have awaited |
| we | have awaited |
| you | have awaited |
| they | have awaited |
Imperfect
| I | awaited |
| you | awaited |
| he;she;it | awaited |
| we | awaited |
| you | awaited |
| they | awaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had awaited |
| you | had awaited |
| he;she;it | had awaited |
| we | had awaited |
| you | had awaited |
| they | had awaited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would await |
| you | would await |
| he;she;it | would await |
| we | would await |
| you | would await |
| they | would await |
Perfect
| I | would have awaited |
| you | would have awaited |
| he;she;it | would have awaited |
| we | would have awaited |
| you | would have awaited |
| they | would have awaited |
Imperative
| you | await |
| we | Let's await |
| you | await |
Verbs conjugated like 'await'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'await'
wait,
adact,
adapt,
admit,
amain,
amit,
apair,
audit,
avail,
awake,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- wait for
- attend, stay, wait for
- serve or attend
- serve
- to act as a servant for
- aid, attend, attend to, bestand, bestead, dance attendance, do, do for, minister, service, tend, serve
- expect
- anticipate, attend, watch, look
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1230,
awaiten, from O.N.Fr.
awaitier "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from
a- "to" +
waitier "to watch." Originally especially with a hostile sense.
2. From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait. See: English '
wait'.
Sample Sentences
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‘But suppose a man were here for a twelvemonth. I know this is only a prison for criminals who are charged with grave offences, while they are awaiting their trial, or under remand, but the law here affords criminals many means of delay. What with motions for new trials, and in arrest of judgment, and what not, a prisoner might be here for twelve [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the foot of the mountain, and there, of course, it stops; the passengers being conveyed across it by land carriage, and taken on afterwards by another canal boat, the counterpart of the first, which awaits them on the other side. There are two canal lines of passage-boats; one is called The Express, and one (a cheaper one ) The Pioneer. The Pioneer gets first to the mountain, and waits for the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] goods are a bag, a large chest and an old chair: one, old, high-backed, rush-bottomed chair: a solitary settler in itself. They are rowed ashore in the boat, while the vessel stands a little off awaiting its return, the water being shallow. They are landed at the foot of a high bank, on the summit of which are a few log cabins, attainable only by a long winding path. It is growing dusk; but the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] from the ranks can scarcely fail to be of frequent occurrence: and it may be reasonably supposed that when the soldiers entertain the wildest and maddest hopes of the fortune and independence that await them on the other side, the impulse to play traitor, which such a place suggests to dishonest minds, is not weakened. But it very rarely happens that the men who do desert, are happy or contented [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I was standing on the wharf at this place, watching the passengers embarking in a steamboat which preceded that whose coming we awaited, and participating in the anxiety with which a sergeant 's wife was collecting her few goods together—keeping one distracted eye hard upon the porters, who were hurrying them on board, and the other [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The next day, Tom and Adolph, and some half a dozen other servants, were marched down to a slave-warehouse, to await the convenience of the trader, who was going to make up a lot for auction.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Marie and Miss Ophelia, that Tom, Adolph, and about half a dozen others of the St. Clare estate, were turned over to the loving kindness of Mr. Skeggs, the keeper of a depot on — — street, to await the auction, next day.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The day after the letter arrived in New Orleans, Susan and Emmeline were attached, and sent to the depot to await a general auction on the following morning; and as they glimmer faintly upon us in the moonlight which steals through the grated window, we may listen to their conversation. Both are weeping, but [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] side, still unoccupied, was surrounded by a group, waiting the moment of sale to begin. And here we may recognize the St. Clare servants,—Tom, Adolph, and others; and there, too, Susan and Emmeline, awaiting their turn with anxious and dejected faces. Various spectators, intending to purchase, or not intending, examining, and commenting on their various points and faces with the same freedom that a set [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The first person that struck her, after her arrival, was George Shelby, who was staying there, awaiting the next boat.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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♪ Come, stand for truth in life's journey ♪ ♪ Hero, come and wear your crown ♪ ♪ Here awaits your assigned throne ♪
(Magudam)
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♪ Brave warrior, this is your hour Rise and unleash all your power ♪ ♪ Hero, come and wear your crown Here awaits your father's throne ♪
(Magudam)