Antonyms for await

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-weyt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈweɪt

doubt

Definition of await

Origin : 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.

verb wait with expectation

Example sentences :

Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Both will afford me encouragement and support in the vicissitudes which yet await me.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

But Posthumus will not await the proof for which he has asked.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

I stopped, thinking that as good a place as any to await developments.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Having stabled the horses as I was bidden, I came back here to await them.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

When be spoke, she was to answer frankly, and await the intimation of his will.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

She had sent Roden on a fool's errand to Park Straat to await her return there.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

We feel it in the financial enigmas which even yet await solution.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

Make neither commotion nor scandal, and await your opportunity.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

Synonyms for await

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