awaited; awaiting; awaits
1
a
: to wait for
We are awaiting his arrival.
await a decision
b
: to remain in abeyance until
a treaty awaiting ratification
2
: to be in store for
He wonders what awaits him next.
3
obsolete
: to lie in wait for
Examples of await in a Sentence
A crowd of people awaited the train.
We're eagerly awaiting his arrival.
He was arrested and is now in prison awaiting trial.
Her long-awaited new novel is finally being published.
The same fate awaits us all.
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Since the Westminster Mall’s more than 40 interior shops closed in late October, the Westminster Police Department has received more than 400 calls about trespassing, vandalism and other illicit activity, with 54 people being arrested on the property now in a holding pattern awaiting redevelopment.
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Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Starmer will approve the plans by 20 January, ahead of his trip to Beijing, where a £100 million scheme to renovate the ageing British embassy is awaiting approval by the Chinese authorities.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 13 Jan. 2026
Former Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola, meanwhile, will play next year at Oregon, which still awaits an NFL decision from Dante Moore.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
But those Black Phone 2 posters awaiting his signature after, say, a small tastemaker screening come with territory that Hawke has become intimately familiar with.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Await.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/await. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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