awaited; awaiting; awaits
1
a
: to wait for
We are awaiting his arrival.
await a decision
b
: to remain in abeyance until
a treaty awaiting ratification
2
: to be in store for
He wonders what awaits him next.
3
obsolete
: to lie in wait for
Examples of await in a Sentence
A crowd of people awaited the train.
We're eagerly awaiting his arrival.
He was arrested and is now in prison awaiting trial.
Her long-awaited new novel is finally being published.
The same fate awaits us all.
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The findings are currently preliminary and await formal peer review.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
There are more than 240 people awaiting execution on Florida’s death row.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
In other words, who knows what fresh hell awaits us next year.
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Bardot gave birth while trapped in her Paris apartment, outside of which hordes of photographers were camped awaiting the momentous event.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
There are more than 240 people awaiting execution on Florida’s death row.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
In other words, who knows what fresh hell awaits us next year.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Bardot gave birth while trapped in her Paris apartment, outside of which hordes of photographers were camped awaiting the momentous event.
—Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for await
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“Await.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/await. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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