Definition of Wait

Wait To watch; to observe; to take notice. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart. To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect. To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. Ambush. One who watches; a watchman. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. Related Definitions: Accompany, Act, Ambush, Arrival, As, At, Attend, Await, By, Cause, Ceremony, Christmas, Consequence, Defer, Delay, Depart, Dinner, Early, Especially, Event, Expectation, Follow, For, Halt, In, Meal, Morning, Musical, Night, Not, Notice, Observe, Of, On, One, Or, Patience, Person, Play, Played, Postpone, Remain, Respect, Rest, Said, Sing, Singular, Some, Stationary, Stay, Stop, Take, The, Till, Time, To, Town, Upon, Used, Wait, Waiting, Watch, Watches, Watchman, Watchmen, Who, With

Wait Quotations Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln Don't wait. The time will never be just right. Napoleon Hill All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. Napoleon Hill The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. Henry David Thoreau If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. Bill Gates If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. Oscar Wilde He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. Sun Tzu My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car. Erma Bombeck

Wait Translations wait in Afrikaans is verwag, wag, wag vir wait in Dutch is wachten, afhalen, te wachten staan wait in Finnish is odottaa wait in French is attendent, attendre, attends, attendons, attendez wait in German is warten, warte, warten wait in Norwegian is vente wait in Portuguese is esperar, espera wait in Spanish is espera