await

Etymology
From, from , originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from +. More at 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To wait for.
 * 2)  To expect.
 * 3)  To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
 * 4)  To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
 * 5)  To watch, observe.
 * 6)  To wait; to stay in waiting.
 * 1)  To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
 * 2)  To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
 * 3)  To watch, observe.
 * 4)  To wait; to stay in waiting.
 * 1)  To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
 * 2)  To watch, observe.
 * 3)  To wait; to stay in waiting.

Usage notes

 * As await means to wait for, it is not followed by "for". *I am awaiting for your reply is therefore incorrect.

Synonyms

 * ,, (of a sound); See also Thesaurus:wait for
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:serve

Translations

 * Afrikaans: wag
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: استنى
 * Moroccan Arabic: تسنى, استنى, ساين, عاين, سانى
 * South Levantine Arabic: استنى
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: көтөү
 * Belarusian: чака́ць, ждаць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: afvente
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: atendi
 * Estonian: ootama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Gallurese: asittà
 * Georgian: დალოდება
 * German:, , ,
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προσμένω, προσδέχομαι
 * Hebrew: לְחַכּוֹת, לְהַמְתִּין
 * Hindi: इंतज़ार करना
 * Hungarian: vár#Hungarian-to_wait
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: ootella
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: күту, тосу
 * Khmer:, រងចាំ
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ລໍ, ລໍຖ້າ
 * Latin: opperior, expecto, exspecto, praestōlor, respecto
 * Latvian: sagaidīt, gaidīt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: чека, очекува
 * Magahi: 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂞𑂰𑂍𑂪, 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂠𑂵𑂎𑂪, 𑂉𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂰𑂩⸱𑂍𑂶𑂪
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tauwhanga, tauhanga, tatari, whanga
 * Mongolian:
 * North Frisian: teew
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old French: atandre
 * Persian: منتظر شدن, منتظر ... بودن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Shahmukhi: اُڈِیکݨا
 * Quechua: suyai, şuyai
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: abettài, agguardai, aspettài
 * Logudorese: appelidare, appittu, isettare, ispettare
 * Sassarese: aipittà, aisittà
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: чекати, очекивати
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: čakať, očakávať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ngojea
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: maghintay
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: garaşmak
 * Ukrainian:, жда́ти, очі́кувати
 * Urdu: انتظار کرنا, منتظر ہونا
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: aspetar, spetar
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Zazaki: venderden, pawayen, poşeyen
 * Zou: nga


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: көтөү
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Latin: expecto,, ,
 * Magahi: 𑂃𑂣𑂵𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂰⸱𑂍𑂶𑂪
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Walloon: s' atinde a


 * Dutch:, liggen te wachten
 * Finnish:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: servi masa
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Magahi: 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂡𑂩𑂪, 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂥𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂯𑂪 𑂥𑂱𑂪𑂧𑂪
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Zazaki: pawen


 * Dutch:
 * German: ,
 * Old English:

Noun

 * 1)  A waiting for; ambush.
 * 2)  Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.