Antonyms for waitings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wey-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ tɪŋ

Definition of waitings

Origin : early 13c., "a watcher, onlooker," from Old North French wait, Old French gaite, from gaitier (see wait (v.)). From late 14c. as "an ambush, a trap" (as in lie in wait).

As in abeyance : noun being inactive or suspended
As in latency : noun abeyance
As in expectancy : noun anticipation
As in ambush : noun lying in wait; concealed position

Example sentences :

It spoke in waitings and longings, and in tender glances and considerateness.
Extract from : « Tales of the Chesapeake » by George Alfred Townsend

Well, during all these shiftings and waitings the wounded get nothing to eat.
Extract from : « My War Experiences in Two Continents » by Sarah Macnaughtan

Of all waitings, the waiting upon patronage is the most tedious and the most enervating to the waiter.
Extract from : « Turns of Fortune » by Mrs. S. C. Hall

The danger would be in the waitings and disappointments that will often occur, even in the height of enjoyable schemes.
Extract from : « The Stokesley Secret » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Her waitings are on the threshold of the infinite, where, beckoning man to listen, she interprets the leaves of immortality.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various

Women who had waited, and got patient at last after years of waitings could not endure these additional few hours.
Extract from : « More Cargoes » by W. W. Jacobs

He told about his wanderings and waitings with Raymond, which explained why he had not come back before.
Extract from : « Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal » by Oliver Optic

They need not have feared that their work of defence would be impeded by her waitings and tears.
Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau

Then they came across each other in their waitings at the Public Library, and so found out their near neighborhood.
Extract from : « The Other Girls » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

During this most tedious of all their waitings, only one thing of real interest happened.
Extract from : « "Forward, March" » by Kirk Munroe

Synonyms for waitings

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