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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Freeman is also awaiting sentencing for the 2022 murder of Gabriele Seitz in Roseville.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Set the scene Arrive by car and enter the hotel’s main driveway to then be greeted by the resort’s grand Florentine Fountain with four sculpted water nymphs dancing around an octagonal pool, a visual amuse bouche to the opulence that awaits.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
At least 126 solar projects proposed since the beginning of 2024 are awaiting regulatory approval, according to a Grist and AP analysis of the latest information developers supplied to the Energy Information Administration.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Later that summer, Shapiro-Ikenberry sat high above the track in the Coliseum, awaiting the finish of the first-ever women’s Olympic marathon.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Set the scene Arrive by car and enter the hotel’s main driveway to then be greeted by the resort’s grand Florentine Fountain with four sculpted water nymphs dancing around an octagonal pool, a visual amuse bouche to the opulence that awaits.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
At least 126 solar projects proposed since the beginning of 2024 are awaiting regulatory approval, according to a Grist and AP analysis of the latest information developers supplied to the Energy Information Administration.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Later that summer, Shapiro-Ikenberry sat high above the track in the Coliseum, awaiting the finish of the first-ever women’s Olympic marathon.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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 20 Apr. 2026.
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