await

verb/əˈweɪt/

Frequency rank: #6,562 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

To wait for something to happen.

Illustration for the English word “await”

Example sentence

She could hardly sleep as she began to await the surprise her friends had planned.

Synonyms & related words

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