await

1. (transitive, formal) To wait for.Examples: "I await your reply to my letter."; "Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;"; "I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town."Synonyms: wait forformaltransitive

2. (transitive) To expect.transitive

3. (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.Examples: "Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell."; "Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire."; "O Eve, some further change awaits us nigh."transitive

4. (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.Synonyms: attend tointransitivetransitive

5. (intransitive) To watch, observe.intransitive

6. (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.intransitive