Waiting

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  • noun. The act of remaining inactive or stationary.
  • noun. A period of time spent waiting.
  • idiom. (in waiting) In attendance, especially at a royal court.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Watching; hence, an ogling.
  • noun. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
  • noun. Attendance; service.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from wait, v.
  • in attendance.
  • a woman who waits upon a person of rank.
  • a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.
  • undefined
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of wait.
  • noun. Watching.
  • noun. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
  • noun. Attendance, service.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being and remaining ready and available for use
  • noun. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
    • Word Usage
    "I had Riddick on PC waiting in my Newegg shopping cart, just * waiting* for me to apply my Christmastime gift certificate and click Checkout, to make Atari $50 richer."
    cross-reference
    lords  
    Equivalent
    ready  waiting woman  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inactivity  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abating  annotating  awaiting  baiting  berating  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    about to be  agape  agog  all agog  already in sight  
    variant
    wait  
    verb-stem
    wait  
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