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1. American dialectologists have evidence showing wait on (sense 3) to be more a Southern than a Northern form in speech. Handbook writers universally denigrate wait on and prescribe wait for in .

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2. 1. Wait, tarry imply pausing to linger and thereby putting off further activity until later. Wait usually implies staying for a limited time and for a definite purpose, that is, for something expected: to wait for a train.

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3. Synonyms & Antonyms of wait (Entry 2 of 2) an instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business there was a long wait for the manager to come and help us.

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4. to allow time to go by, especially while staying in one place without doing very much, until someone comes, until something that you are expecting happens or until you can do something: I waited for her outside while she went in to see the doctor. The dentist kept me waiting .

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5. Another word for wait. Find more ways to say wait, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at macsiboterriwun.canerewtolotisalilcoumyshellchen.co, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.

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8. a period of time in which you wait for something to happen, someone to arrive etc wait for The average wait for an appointment at the clinic was eight weeks. long/three-hour/two-week etc wait There was an hour wait before the next train departed.

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9. to stay somewhere until something happens or someone or something arrives. I'll wait around for you for an hour or so. I don't want to wait around. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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