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Word entry · 4 letters

wait

Best crossword clue

"Stay until"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /weɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aitwStarts with WEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Stay in place or delay action until something happens.

Word origin

From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).

Used in a sentence

  • Wait here until your car arrives.
  • I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..
  • They also serve who only stand and wait.

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