āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to wait
01
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to not leave until a person or thing is ready or present or something happens
Intransitive: to wait | to wait for sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Please wait a moment while I check on the availability of the item.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
1.1
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to be dealt with later in the future
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The meeting will have to wait until the team is complete.
āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
1.2
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
(of something) to be ready for a particular person to use or have
Intransitive: to wait | to wait for sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She had a warm cup of tea waiting for her after the cold walk.
āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to work in a restaurant serving meals to customers
Transitive: to wait tables
Intransitive: to wait on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They both waited on customers during the lunch rush.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to wish or look for a specific thing to take place, particularly for a long period of time
Intransitive: to wait | to wait for an opportunity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She 's been waiting for the right opportunity to start her own business.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž
the act or period of staying in one place with the expectation of something happening or someone arriving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His patience was tested by the long wait for the concert to start.
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
time during which some action is awaited
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
waiter
waiting
waiting
wait
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
