Associations to the word «Awaited»

Wiktionary

AWAIT, verb. (transitive) (formal) To wait for.
AWAIT, verb. (transitive) To expect.
AWAIT, verb. (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
AWAIT, verb. (transitive) To wait on, serve or attend.
AWAIT, verb. (intransitive) To watch, observe.
AWAIT, verb. (intransitive) To wait (on or upon).
AWAIT, verb. (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
AWAIT, noun. (obsolete) A waiting for; ambush.
AWAIT, noun. (obsolete) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Dictionary definition

AWAIT, verb. Look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky