Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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