Definitions
Staying ready for something
Word origin
From Middle English waitinge, waytynge, waitende, weytende, waitand, waytand, equivalent to wait + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“Your guest has been waiting for you. (progressive) They hurried into the waiting car. (participle used as adjective)”
“At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.”
“Waiting for any news in a waiting room. (gerund)”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“In suspense”7 letters
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