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Что (кто) такое Wait - определение
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
WAIT; WAit; Wait (disambiguation); Wait (Song); Wait (song); Wait (EP); Wait EP; Wait (album)
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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.
wait
(waits, waiting, waited)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives.
I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus...
Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen...
I waited to see how she responded...
Angus got out of the car to wait...
We will have to wait a week or so before we know whether the operation is a success...
He told waiting journalists that he did not expect a referendum to be held for several months.
VERB: no passive, V for n, V for n to-inf, V to-inf, V, V n, V-ing, also V n for n
• waiting
The waiting became almost unbearable.
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2.
A wait is a period of time in which you do very little, before something happens or before you can do something.
...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result.
N-COUNT: usu sing
3.
If something is waiting for you, it is ready for you to use, have, or do.
There'll be a car waiting for you...
When we came home we had a meal waiting for us...
Ships with unfurled sails wait to take them aboard...
VERB: usu cont, V for n, have n V-ing for n, V to-inf
4.
If you say that something can wait, you mean that it is not important or urgent and so you will deal with it or do it later.
I want to talk to you, but it can wait...
Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.
VERB: no cont, V, V
5.
You can use wait when you are trying to make someone feel excited, or to encourage or threaten them.
If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book...
As soon as you get some food inside you, you'll feel more cheerful. Just you wait.
VERB: only imper, V until cl/n, V
6.
Wait is used in expressions such as wait a minute, wait a second, and wait a moment to interrupt someone when they are speaking, for example because you object to what they are saying or because you want them to repeat something. (SPOKEN)
'Wait a minute!' he broke in. 'This is not giving her a fair hearing!'
= hold on, hang on
VERB: only imper, V n
7.
If an employee waits on you, for example in a restaurant or hotel, they take orders from you and bring you what you want.
There were plenty of servants to wait on her...
Each student is expected to wait at table for one week each semester.
VERB: V on n, V at n
8.
If you say that you can't wait to do something or can hardly wait to do it, you are emphasizing that you are very excited about it and eager to do it. (SPOKEN)
We can't wait to get started...
It's gonna be great. I can hardly wait...
PHRASE: oft PHR to-inf [emphasis]
9.
If you tell someone to wait and see, you tell them that they must be patient or that they must not worry about what is going to happen in the future because they have no control over it.
We'll have to wait and see what happens.
...a wait-and-see attitude.
PHRASE: oft PHR n, PHR wh
wait
I
n.
1) to lie in wait for
2) to have a (long) wait for (we had a long wait for the bus)
II
v.
1) (BE) (d; intr.) to wait at (to wait at table) (cf. 3)
2) (D; intr.) to wait for (they waited for me; they waited for me to leave)
3) (AE) (d; intr.) to wait on (to wait on tables) (cf. l)
4) (d; intr.) to wait on, upon ('to attend to') (to wait on smb. hand and foot)
5) (E) we are waiting to go
6) (misc.) to keep smb. waiting; they waited until she returned
Wait (system call)
SYSTEM CALL
Wait(); Waitpid; Waitpid(); Wait (operating system); Waitid
In computer operating systems, a process (or task) may wait on another process to complete its execution. In most systems, a parent process can create an independently executing child process.
Wait (Earshot song)
SINGLE FROM EARSHOT
Wait (Earshot Song)
"Wait" is the lead single from Earshot's second album Two. It reached #13 on the Mainstream Rock charts and #33 on the Modern Rock charts.
Wait (musician)
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![[[Henry George Hine]]’s "The Waits at Seven Dials" (1853) portrays a group of “Christmas waits”](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waits-from-ILN.jpg?width=200 "[[Henry George Hine]]’s \"The Waits at Seven Dials\" (1853) portrays a group of “Christmas waits”")
BRITISH TOWN PIPERS
Christmas Waits; Town piper; Town waits
From medieval times up to the early 19th century, every British town and city of any note had a band of waites (modern spelling Waits or Waitts). Their duties varied from time to time and place to place, but included playing their instruments through the town at night, waking the townsfolk on dark winter mornings by playing under their windows, welcoming Royal visitors by playing at the town gates, and leading the Mayor's procession on civic occasions.
Wait (Wang Chung song)
SINGLE BY WANG CHUNG
"Wait" is a single by Wang Chung, released as the fourth and final single from their 1984 album, Points on the Curve. The single reached #87 on the UK Singles Chart.
Wait (Maggie Reilly song)
POP SONG BY MAGGIE REILLY
"Wait" is a Pop song by Scottish singer Maggie Reilly. It was released in 1992 as the album's third single.
