Cosa (chi) è bated - definizione
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Bated
·Impf & ·p.p. of Bate.
II. Bated ·adj Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
bated
¦ adjective (in phr. with bated breath) in great suspense.
Origin
C16: from the past participle of obs. bate 'restrain', from abate.
Usage
The correct phrase is with bated breath not with baited breath.
bated
If you wait for something with bated breath, you wait anxiously to find out what will happen. (FORMAL)
We listened with bated breath to Grandma's stories of her travels.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
Esempi di pronuncia per bated
1. after story of people who felt bated
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2. You're waiting with bated breath for the final toss.
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3. with own words doth bated breath as she did not lay in the sun,
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4. which I have not labeled, so you have to wait with bated breath for me to explain what it
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Esempi dal corpus di testo per bated
1. Investors had been awaiting ICL‘s report with bated breath.
2. We‘re waiting with bated breath to see how Mrs B handles it.
3. I know you‘re waiting for my answer –– aren‘t you? –– with bated breath.
4. By Ido Solomon After six months of waiting with bated breath, it has finally begun.
5. With bated breath we waited for the results of the scan.