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

The firm is also waiting on more information to come out of the National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies taking part in the investigation. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

On some occasions, two groups of threesomes were waiting on the same tee. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Detroit is still waiting on a second perimeter scoring threat to aid Cade Cunningham. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Igoe said that investigators were waiting on autopsy results. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for wait on

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