Await
verb
To wait with expectation for something or someone.
She is eagerly awaiting your return.
Often appears as...
- await results
- await decision
verb
To be about to happen to someone (especially something negative).
The same fate awaits him.
Often appears as...
- fate awaits
- danger awaits
verb
To be ready for someone.
A warm welcome awaits her at home.
Often appears as...
- welcome awaits
- surprise awaits
verb
To wait with expectation for something or someone.
She is eagerly awaiting your return.
Often appears as...
- await results
- await decision
verb
To be about to happen to someone (especially something negative).
The same fate awaits him.
Often appears as...
- fate awaits
- danger awaits
verb
To be ready for someone.
A warm welcome awaits her at home.
Often appears as...
- welcome awaits
- surprise awaits
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Excited Expectation
Use 'await' when your waiting involves hope or excitement about what's coming.
The fans awaited the band's new album with bated breath.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Events
'Await' is often used when talking about events that are likely to happen soon.
We await the judge's verdict.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
The verb 'await' is more formal than 'wait', choose it for business or official communication.
We await your response to our proposal.
Pro Tip 1/3Excited Expectation
Use 'await' when your waiting involves hope or excitement about what's coming.
The fans awaited the band's new album with bated breath.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Events
'Await' is often used when talking about events that are likely to happen soon.
We await the judge's verdict.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
The verb 'await' is more formal than 'wait', choose it for business or official communication.
We await your response to our proposal.
Pro Tip 1/3Excited Expectation
Use 'await' when your waiting involves hope or excitement about what's coming.
The fans awaited the band's new album with bated breath.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Events
'Await' is often used when talking about events that are likely to happen soon.
We await the judge's verdict.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
The verb 'await' is more formal than 'wait', choose it for business or official communication.
We await your response to our proposal.
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The Survival of the Sea...
they trade one set of threats for another, as they first face the repelling force of the waves, and then find a whole new host of predators awaiting Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living,
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Science can answer moral...
And one thing to notice is that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access, that few people access. And these await our discovery. Perhaps some of these states can be appropriately called mystical or spiritual. Perhaps there are other states that we can't access
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Let’s put the romance...
turn against an algorithmic world it serves as a concierge for the strange and intimate for the romance that awaits us outside of our filter bubbles at the lonely end of the longtail the best way to operate like a romantic is to feel like a romantic so what can you do in
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Thoughts on humanity,...
and I started tweeting like a canary in a birdcage and assuming that, you know, people who peered into my world would admire it for the miracle I believed it to be. But something else awaited me and humanity. You know, we had expected an expansion of ideas and dreams
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The tale of the boy who...
The villagers rewarded him handsomely for his help. Back from his journey, the youth thrust the devil’s hairs at the king— but his greedy father-in-law only had eyes for the gold. The sly youth told the king that even greater wealth awaited him across the river.
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A simple way to break a...
where we're eagerly awaiting that next data point. Now, this might sound too simplistic to affect behavior. But in one study, we found that mindfulness training was twice as good as gold standard therapy at helping people quit smoking. So it actually works.
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Strange answers to the...
And he said, "Yep. Yep. Absolutely. I beat someone up when I was 17. And I was in prison awaiting trial, and my cellmate said to me, 'You know what you have to do? Fake madness. Tell them you're mad, you'll get sent to some cushy hospital.
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Green Turtle's Battle...
many others are here too resting on the sandy sea floor awaiting the darkness of night when it will be safer to visit the beaches eggs that were laid a few weeks ago at the start of the season are beginning to hatch
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Hidden miracles of the...
we recognize that we exist in the living universe, and this new perspective creates wonder and inspires us to become explorers in our own backyards. Who knows what awaits to be seen
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Eating Dog PIPE National...
blood to the spirits out of respect he leaves a piece of the tail boys awaiting circumcision dance readying themselves to eat the magic meat they believe will awaken the
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
they trade one set of threats for another, as they first face the repelling force of the waves, and then find a whole new host of predators awaiting Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living,
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
And one thing to notice is that perhaps there are states of human well-being that we rarely access, that few people access. And these await our discovery. Perhaps some of these states can be appropriately called mystical or spiritual. Perhaps there are other states that we can't access
Video examples
Let’s put the romance...
turn against an algorithmic world it serves as a concierge for the strange and intimate for the romance that awaits us outside of our filter bubbles at the lonely end of the longtail the best way to operate like a romantic is to feel like a romantic so what can you do in
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
and I started tweeting like a canary in a birdcage and assuming that, you know, people who peered into my world would admire it for the miracle I believed it to be. But something else awaited me and humanity. You know, we had expected an expansion of ideas and dreams
Video examples
The tale of the boy who...
The villagers rewarded him handsomely for his help. Back from his journey, the youth thrust the devil’s hairs at the king— but his greedy father-in-law only had eyes for the gold. The sly youth told the king that even greater wealth awaited him across the river.
Video examples
A simple way to break a...
where we're eagerly awaiting that next data point. Now, this might sound too simplistic to affect behavior. But in one study, we found that mindfulness training was twice as good as gold standard therapy at helping people quit smoking. So it actually works.
Video examples
Strange answers to the...
And he said, "Yep. Yep. Absolutely. I beat someone up when I was 17. And I was in prison awaiting trial, and my cellmate said to me, 'You know what you have to do? Fake madness. Tell them you're mad, you'll get sent to some cushy hospital.
Video examples
Green Turtle's Battle...
many others are here too resting on the sandy sea floor awaiting the darkness of night when it will be safer to visit the beaches eggs that were laid a few weeks ago at the start of the season are beginning to hatch
Video examples
Hidden miracles of the...
we recognize that we exist in the living universe, and this new perspective creates wonder and inspires us to become explorers in our own backyards. Who knows what awaits to be seen
Video examples
Eating Dog PIPE National...
blood to the spirits out of respect he leaves a piece of the tail boys awaiting circumcision dance readying themselves to eat the magic meat they believe will awaken the
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Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Entrepreneurs always begin the journey believing that they have the next big idea. They dream of the fame and fortune that awaits them if only they had the funding to pursue it. But the reality is that as the product is built and shared with customers, flaws in their concept are discovered that - if not overcome - will kill the business.
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Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me.
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Garrett Fort
American Writer
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Lewis Howes
American Author
The world is awaiting your gift - all you have to do is show up with the right intention!
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.
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Song Hye-kyo
South Korean Actress
I await a project where I'd have to deeply invest my emotions in.
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Nadine Gordimer
South African Novelist
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
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Richard Paul Evans
American Author
Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
There is some suffering that awaits us all.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
He who awaits much can expect little.
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Entrepreneurs always begin the journey believing that they have the next big idea. They dream of the fame and fortune that awaits them if only they had the funding to pursue it. But the reality is that as the product is built and shared with customers, flaws in their concept are discovered that - if not overcome - will kill the business.
Quote examples
Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
When I go on vacation, I leave my house in total order: bills paid, garbage out, no milk in the refrigerator, mail done so that I can better negotiate what will await me.
Quote examples
Garrett Fort
American Writer
To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
Quote examples
Lewis Howes
American Author
The world is awaiting your gift - all you have to do is show up with the right intention!
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.
Quote examples
Song Hye-kyo
South Korean Actress
I await a project where I'd have to deeply invest my emotions in.
Quote examples
Nadine Gordimer
South African Novelist
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
Quote examples
Richard Paul Evans
American Author
Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
There is some suffering that awaits us all.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
He who awaits much can expect little.
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