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Cosa (chi) è wait - definizione
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WAIT; WAit; Wait (disambiguation); Wait (Song); Wait (song); Wait (EP); Wait EP; Wait (album)
wait
I. v. n.
1.
Stay, tarry, delay, remain, linger, bide one's time.
2.
Watch, look, be expectant.
II. v. a.
Await, abide, stay for, wait for, look for.
III. n.
Ambush.
Wait
·vi One who watches; a watchman.
II. Wait ·vi Ambush.
III. Wait ·vi The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
IV. Wait ·vi Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
VI. Wait ·vt To attend on; to Accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
VIII. Wait ·vt To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to Await; as, to wait orders.
IX. Wait ·vi Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
XI. Wait ·vi To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to Stay; not to depart.
wait
¦ verb
1. stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or occurrence.
be delayed or deferred.
informal defer (a meal) until a person's arrival.
[usu. as noun waiting] park a vehicle for a short time at the side of a road.
2. (wait on/upon) act as an attendant to.
archaic pay a respectful visit to.
3. act as a waiter or waitress.
¦ noun
1. a period of waiting.
2. (waits) archaic street singers of Christmas carols.
historical official bands of musicians maintained by a city or town.
Phrases
in wait watching for an enemy or potential victim and preparing to attack them.
Origin
ME: from Old North. Fr. waitier, of Gmc origin; related to wake1.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per wait
1. "Wait, wait, wait, go over that," says a woman in a reindeer vest.
2. I said again: ‘Do you want this man detained?‘ "I just got, wait, wait, wait.
3. "I would wait and wait and wait, for days even," he said.
4. I‘m like, wait, wait, hold it, we did this before.
5. "You wait permanently, but it‘s a frustrated wait...