Find the word definition

Crossword clues for await

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
await
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fate awaits sbformal (= a fate will happen to someone)
▪ A terrible fate awaited any soldier who was captured.
await execution (=wait to be killed)
▪ The convicted men were moved to Virginia Penitentiary to await execution.
await the outcome (=wait for the final result)
▪ Medical science must await the outcome of proper international debate.
be awaiting/facing trial
▪ Its managing director is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
anxiously
▪ Chief Inspector Meeks for one, will be anxiously awaiting the outcome.
▪ And I fear for the darkness as four Justices anxiously await the single vote necessary to extinguish the light.
▪ I anxiously await its next issues and wish you the best of luck.
▪ Fans will anxiously await a fitness report on ever-present Pears before their crunch game at Wolves on Saturday.
▪ Now Debbie Banks, of Kinmel Bay, is anxiously awaiting the result.
eagerly
▪ Salomon's radically different Adventure 7 boots, using even more ski boot technology, are still eagerly awaited for test.
▪ Valley teenyboppers were eagerly awaiting an upcoming Veterans Memorial Coliseum concert by the Monkees.
▪ The clean-up will continue for many months while the outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited.
▪ She flicked her eyes to Steve standing on the porch terrace eagerly awaiting admittance to a house of horror.
▪ The findings will be eagerly awaited.
▪ The swans started to build their nest several weeks ago and everyone at the factory had been eagerly awaiting the big day.
▪ He folded the paper and tossed it across the table to eagerly awaiting hands.
▪ They are eagerly awaited, for even a partially effective vaccine could have a significant impact on the virus's spread.
long
Long awaited e-commerce portals are also opening up.
▪ The appearance of a drug that promotes sleep without depressing the central nervous sys-tem has been long awaited.
now
▪ I found Timelord to be extremely useful in controlling my time and I am now awaiting my registered version.
▪ Redwood City officials now await the next phase: testing for real gunshots.
▪ The track world now awaits his move up to 5,000m.
▪ That strategy could be thwarted by a lawsuit challenging expansion financing that is now awaiting review by the state Supreme Court.
▪ Confirmation of this adaptation of the V-domain interface in cell-adhesion interactions now awaits direct structural data for the ligand or the complex.
▪ These garments now await the guile of high-priced tailors before transfer to my hotel.
▪ Whatever fate now awaits him, the Friar-Tuck figure of Casey would find it physically hard to emulate the vicar.
still
▪ The fact that, though they had been pared, no fewer than 13 charges still awaited Mr Nadir is discouraging.
▪ Although a killer application still awaits discovery, proponents of on-line radio see some possible uses and benefits of the new technology.
▪ One long-standing allegation of satanic elements in masonry, however, still awaits a satisfactory answer.
▪ Nearly two years later, the families of the 168 people killed in Oklahoma City still await their first day in court.
▪ He is still awaiting an asylum decision.
▪ The awarding of rehabilitation loans and grants still awaited council approval despite the sizable waiting lists.
▪ A month later, however, she returned, complaining of discomfort from the lesion and still awaiting her clinic appointment.
■ NOUN
approval
▪ These proposals have been approved by special general meetings of both institutes, and now only await Privy Council approval.
▪ The high-resolution mass spectrometer is awaiting approval.
▪ The company has completed trials on a lymphoma drug and is awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
▪ Plant officials were awaiting approval of the plans by a review board of senior managers.
▪ The awarding of rehabilitation loans and grants still awaited council approval despite the sizable waiting lists.
arrival
▪ In the play s celebrated central act they get riotously tipsy as they await the nocturnal arrival of the Gallic Romeo.
▪ Senior courtiers went to await the arrival of the train at the capital.
▪ Alan Watkins, who was awaiting the arrival of the Chancellor himself, gave Amaranth his approving eye.
▪ So when he prophesies a shiner, I await its certain arrival....
▪ I saw the Manor at Welshpool where a Class 37 and its passengers awaited its arrival.
▪ I am like a shipwrecked survivor holding fast to the debris, awaiting the arrival of the scheduled liner.
▪ Two very new and raw advisers were awaiting the arrival of Mr Rocke.
▪ Therese of Lisieux arrived right on schedule at the city's main Catholic seminary yesterday morning, where hundreds awaited the arrival.
bill
▪ The Supreme Court's decision also focused attention on the Freedom of Choice bill currently awaiting congressional consideration.
▪ A bill awaiting action would end benefits for addicts and alcoholics.
charge
▪ Three young men were arrested on June 11 to await charges in connection with the incidents.
▪ Ted is incarcerated in California, awaiting trial on murder charges.
▪ Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
▪ He's already been in prison for seventeen months awaiting trial on drugs charges.
custody
▪ If so the alleged offender may be held in custody to await trial.
▪ Lane has been convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter and is in custody awaiting sentencing next month.
▪ The rest are in custody and await arraignment.
▪ Eighteen more defendants have been indicted in the conspiracy, including six who are in custody awaiting trial.
day
▪ Pienaar is still awaiting the day he can field his first-choice side.
▪ What further nasty surprises awaited me that day?
▪ Lord Kazador has sworn vengeance and awaits the day when he can crush the Orc chieftain.
▪ Nearly two years later, the families of the 168 people killed in Oklahoma City still await their first day in court.
▪ It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to await the day when it will begin to abolish itself from below.
▪ The swans started to build their nest several weeks ago and everyone at the factory had been eagerly awaiting the big day.
▪ Currently the building is dismantled and is stored at Bo'ness awaiting the day when the rebuilding operation can begin.
decision
▪ He is still awaiting an asylum decision.
▪ Other defensive measure have included the long-awaited decision by Sir Rocco Forte to separate his chairman and chief executive jobs.
▪ Inside Whitemoor prison near Peterborough, he's still awaiting a decision on when that hearing will be.
▪ It probably will await a decision in the California suit.
▪ They remained disassembled for several years in storage awaiting a studio decision on their fate.
▪ Their applications for asylum are being processed gradually; most are still awaiting a decision.
▪ Not to be melodramatic, but the empire awaits your decision.
▪ These moneys are genuinely additional and we await his decision.
fate
▪ It was then that I began to discover the fate that awaited me as a female.
▪ A horrible fate awaited these young creatures.
▪ Their bodies were left for several hours to serve as an example of the fate awaiting people who oppose the regime.
▪ A wise suspicion is that such a fate awaits any treaty containing grandiose reductions or harsh enforcement penalties.
▪ The respective fates awaiting the two groups of embryos could not be more dissimilar.
▪ He went to fetch his wife and off to whatever fate awaited him, and Eddie and I resumed on the road.
▪ A similar fate awaits reform of welfare and health spending.
▪ This or a similar fate awaits the organization that stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the reality of its circumstances.
interest
▪ Identification of the gene encoding s-ADH and the eventual search for polymorphisms are awaited with interest.
▪ We await the rematch with interest.
▪ The backlash is awaited with interest by everyone, even those with only a passing interest in the music scene.
▪ We await this report with interest because it will also provide information to assist with future policy reviews.
▪ I gave evidence to that Committee this week, and we all await conclusions with interest.
▪ This project has recently been entered for a Saltire Award, the outcome of which is awaited with interest.
▪ I await with interest the Market Research Society's verdict.
outcome
▪ Most still linger in county jails, awaiting the outcome of appeals or seeking jury trials.
▪ He remains in Washington awaiting the outcome of a police investigation.
▪ Many trade disputes are pending, awaiting the outcome of the talks; failure would activate them immediately.
▪ Her appeal is pending, awaiting the outcome of the Texas dispute.
▪ The team is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a combination order which is normally awarded for serious offences like burglary.
▪ The liberation of the entire Church awaits the outcome of this issue.
▪ In many fields, however, negotiations were awaiting the outcome of the dispute over farm trade.
▪ However, its marketing has recently been taken over by Letraset and we await to see the outcome.
prison
▪ He was charged with the murder of Sara Hart and then escorted to Aylesbury Prison to await trial.
▪ The top two leaders of the group, Gilberto and Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, remain in prison awaiting trial.
▪ At Gloucester Prison while on remand awaiting trial the prosecution say Gardiner made threats against White.
▪ Koskotas himself remained in a prison awaiting trial on major fraud charges.
▪ He's already been in prison for seventeen months awaiting trial on drugs charges.
▪ He'd spent 18 months in prison awaiting trial and served 6 months of a 10 year sentence.
report
▪ Fans will anxiously await a fitness report on ever-present Pears before their crunch game at Wolves on Saturday.
▪ We await this report with interest because it will also provide information to assist with future policy reviews.
result
▪ Today the police said that after a postmortem examination, they're still awaiting the results of more tests.
▪ Investigators were awaiting results of toxicology tests.
▪ So the snake makes its deft, rapid lunge and then immediately withdraws to await results.
▪ We reload and await results as we watch the vapor rising from the ground.
▪ Phusi's lawyers in New York declined to comment, but United fans will await the result of any investigations with interest.
▪ As they await the results, Tom reveals his motives.
▪ I am now awaiting results to further tests.
▪ Milwaukee is now experimenting with such a program, and social scientists await the long-term results.
return
▪ Now, however, they sat looking out of the window, evidently awaiting my return.
▪ Before returning to Washington to await the returns, Dole cast his vote in his hometown of Russell, Kan.
▪ Her employer and friend, Susan Drake, sat mending below, awaiting her husband's return.
▪ They will remain there in a state of torpor, patiently awaiting the return of the rains.
▪ While we have been patrolling the chef has been woken, and breakfast awaits our return.
▪ But anything I might do in that way would have to await my return home.
▪ Most of all I am eagerly awaiting his return to Wimbledon this summer to bring more fun and excitement to the fortnight.
trial
▪ He is awaiting trial in Luzira Prison, near the capital, Kampala.
▪ Puccio is also the lawyer for Alex Kelly, a Connecticut man awaiting trial on rape charges.
▪ Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
▪ The judiciary is a farce: 80 % of prisoners are awaiting trial.
▪ A total of 18 former Noricum employees were already awaiting trial in Linz.
▪ The two alleged gunmen are awaiting trial in federal court.
▪ Anna was raped and strangled by a man who was on bail awaiting trial for rape.
turn
▪ For two years she had awaited the turn of events before deciding which side to join, while maintaining a mobilized army.
▪ Suddenly Tambini had run over to where most of us stood, awaiting our turn at the firing point.
▪ Yet he boasts of having already arranged more than 70 kidney transplants, and maintaining a list of 50 donors awaiting their turn.
▪ They are hauled off to a depot, to await their turn to be processed.
verdict
▪ Everyone was watching in silence, awaiting his verdict.
▪ No longer smiling, he stood nervously awaiting our verdict.
▪ Meanwhile, Yoon sits in a Seoul jail awaiting his verdict.
▪ Never before had Dustin been so exposed or felt such trepidation while awaiting their verdict on him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The British army was trapped on the sands, awaiting destruction.
▪ The committee is awaiting a decision from head office before it takes any action.
▪ Two men have been charged with murder and are now in prison awaiting trial.
▪ We knew that blizzard conditions awaited us in Boston.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A horrible fate awaited these young creatures.
▪ As Lord Westbourne stomped back in, in a thoroughly bad temper, one more shock awaited him.
▪ But Mr Kostunica is suggesting, with characteristic caution, that any such prosecution await reforms of the legal system.
▪ Hospital waiting lists have grown to almost one million people awaiting treatment.
▪ On that day I was ordered to close my eyes and await a big surprise.
▪ The rest are in custody and await arraignment.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Await

Await \A*wait"\, n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Await

Await \A*wait"\, v. i.

  1. To watch. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

  2. To wait (on or upon). [Obs.]

  3. To wait; to stay in waiting.
    --Darwin.

Await

Await \A*wait"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaiting.] [OF. awaitier, agaitier; ? (L. ad) + waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait.]

  1. To watch for; to look out for. [Obs.]

  2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [Obs.]

  3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

    Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.
    --Milton.

  4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.

    O Eve, some farther change awaits us night.
    --Milton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
await

early 13c., awaiten, from Old North French awaitier (Old French agaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" (see ad-) + waitier "to watch" (see wait (v.)). Originally especially with a hostile sense. Related: Awaited; awaiting.

Wiktionary
await

n. 1 (label en obsolete) A waiting for; ambush. 2 (label en obsolete) watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation. vb. (context transitive formal English) To wait for.

WordNet
await

v. 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" [syn: expect, look, wait]

Wikipedia
Await

In computer programming, await is a feature found in C# 5.0, Python 3.5, in an experimental extension for Scala, and more recently JavaScript that allows an asynchronous, non-blocking method call to be performed in a similar way to an ordinary synchronous method call.

While a casual reading of the code would suggest that the method call blocks until the requested data is available, in fact it does not.

Usage examples of "await".

The town was agog to see how he and Rule would comport themselves when they met, as they were bound to meet, but once again disappointment awaited the scandalmongers.

Forfarshire he found lord Airlie and his sons awaiting him, with the welcome addition of fifty horse, which formed his entire cavalry.

The Beatles, or the White Album as fans usually call it, was eagerly awaited: how could they top Sgt.

He left Ned Tyler in charge of the Golden Bough with Althuda, and ordered them to remain anchored well offshore, and await his return, The distress signal would be a red Chinese rocket.

He even slipped back over the line to San Cristobel and Ancon, found nothing of moment awaiting him there, and drifted back into Panamanian territory.

To the apocalyptist, who literally awaits the Great Uncovering, all coincidence is synchronicity, all accident revelation.

There, servants supplied them with refreshments while they awaited the important announcement of the evening - the question of the Argyle treasures.

Because the Nickersons, farther along the lane, were expecting an insurance adjuster to call about their boathouse fire, Asey had mentally dismissed the man as the awaited adjuster.

He did not know me, and was astonished to find a Venetian dinner awaiting him at the inn, as also to hear a greeting in his mother tongue.

I was astonished beyond measure that this man who had plotted my assassination should speak of me as an intimate friend, and I determined to conceal my feelings and await events.

The numerous partisans of old Gondreville, the king of the department of the Aube, were therefore awaiting some fresh proof of his ability, already so thoroughly tested, to circumvent this rising revolt.

Yes, I taught up to ten years ago, and I used to tell them that a fortune awaited the man who found the forgotten Aureole Mine.

Fair One with Golden Locks, that Avenant another ambassador from the king her suitor, awaited an audience.

At the Marine Corps, Air Station there, she was assigned to the Second Marine Air Wing, a Harrier jet squadron, for five weeks of on-the-job training while awaiting the next scheduled start of avionics technician class.

On one occasion, Judge Campbell informs us that the Secretary, in the midst of an important interview, excused himself for the purpose of conferring with the President before giving a final answer, and left his visitor for some time, awaiting his return from that conference, when the answer was given, avowedly and directly proceeding from the President.