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Cognate with Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”), German Low German wachten (“to wait”), Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”), French guetter (“to watch out for”), Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”), West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”), North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”). More at watch." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)\n1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:\nAwed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.\n1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, page 30:\nThe Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.\n1673, John Milton, “ XVI. When I Consider How My Light is Spent.”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: Tho Dring , →OCLC, page 59:They also serve who only stand and wait.\n1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:\nHaste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.\n1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.\nWait here until your car arrives." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.\nShe used to wait in this joint." }, { "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.\n1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:\nHe chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.\n1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore\nRemorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany." }, { "mean": "(obsolete, colloquial) To defer or postpone (especially a meal).\n1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview 2004, p. 185:\nMontague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.\n1957,Dagny Taggart and Francisco d'Anconia, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged\nShe did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, \"When will I see you again?\" He answered, \"I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me.\"\n1974, The Bee Gees, Night Fever\nI will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A delay.\nI had a very long wait at the airport security check." }, { "mean": "An ambush.\nThey lay in wait for the patrol.\n1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. , London: , , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:an enemy in wait" }, { "mean": "(computing) Short for wait state." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) One who watches; a watchman." }, { "mean": "(in the plural, obsolete, UK) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.\n1659, T Livius , “”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie , London: W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, , →OCLC: as he returned home to his owne house, the waits should sound the hautboies all the way" }, { "mean": "(in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. \n1609–1612, Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “The Captaine”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:Hark! are the waits abroad?\n1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon\nThe sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony." } ] }, { "name": "Interjection", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(informal) Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment.\nWait. 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