wait on

verb

variants or less commonly wait upon

waited on also waited upon; waiting on also waiting upon; waits on also waits upon

transitive verb

1

a

: to attend as a servant

b

: to supply the wants of : serve

2

: to make a formal call on

3

: to wait for

Examples of wait on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s no integration project waiting on the other side of the purchase order, no multi-vendor finger-pointing when performance falls short. — David Noy, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

And that’s not the only answer to lingering questions authorities are waiting on in the baffling search for Oscar Sanchez-Munoz. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

According to people familiar with the negotiations between Schwab and the Tour, the relationship is solid; the Tour told Schwab officials to wait on extending the contract before changes to the ‘28 schedule were announced. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026

No longer can basketball executives plan for a distant future while waiting on their teen idols to grow up. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 24 June 2026

On-site, behind-the-meter generation lets operators scale without waiting on the grid or hitting consumers in the wallet, and rapid-deployment options like fuel cells can keep pace with development otherwise constrained by gas-turbine backlogs and long nuclear lead times. — Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 23 June 2026

The Murdoch empire instead waited on the sidelines and bet on Tubi as a free streaming alternative. — Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 18 June 2026

Don't wait on a sharp abdomen pain. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

Can the Warriors afford to wait on a player who might not be ready to contribute until the veterans retire? — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

Rhymes for wait on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon