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await verb [ əˈweɪt ]

• wait for (an event).
• "we await the proposals with impatience"
Similar: wait for, expect, anticipate, look for, hope for,
Origin: Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + waitier ‘to wait’.

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