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wait for

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To wait until the specified event occurs.
  2. To await the arrival of.

Equivalents

Deutschabwartenerharren
日本語待つ徯竢須
العربيةأبنانتظرتحينرقب
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Examples

“Wait⟳ for the light⟳ to change⟳ before you cross the street.”
“What are you waiting for?”
“And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish⟳ GBR, drive⟳ through urgently needed fares reform⟳, and come⟳ up with imaginative and effective train⟳ operating contracts...”
“I'm waiting for my date⟳.”
“I'm waiting for the train⟳.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wait for Godot wait for the ball to drop wait for the cat to jump wait for the dust to settle wait for the other shoe to drop wait in the wings

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