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1. Stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
   "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
    
2. Delay acting
   - hold off, hold back
    
3. Look forward to the probable occurrence of
   "he is waiting to be drafted";
   - expect, look, await
    
4. Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
   "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's";
   - waitress

1. Time during which some action is awaited
   "instant replay caused too long a wait";
   - delay, hold, time lag, postponement
    
2. The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
   "the wait was an ordeal for him";
   - waiting

Sounds like: waists, w, wait

Derived forms: waited, waits, waiting

Type of: act, break, inactivity, intermission, interruption, move, pause, suspension, work

Encyclopedia: Wait, My Youth