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Await is a transitive verb meaning 'to wait for', and cannot be used without an object: We will await the outcome is equivalent to We will wait for the outcome (but has a stronger element of suspenseful expectation); We will await and see is ungrammatical. Wait is generally intransitive (and transitivized by for), but has a limited number of collocates in transitive use, as in Wait your turn and Don't wait tea.

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verb

To look forward to confidently: anticipate, bargain for (or on), count on, depend on (or upon), expect, look for, wait (for). Informal figure on. See surprise/expect.

IN BRIEF: To be ready for; to wait for.

Faith is like the little night-light that burns in a sickroom; as long as it is there, the obscurity is not complete; we turn towards it and await the daylight. — Abbe Huvelin

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See words rhyming with "await."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vente på, imødese, se frem til
v. intr. - forholde sig afventende, være i venteposition

Nederlands (Dutch)
afwachten, wachten (op), te wachten staan

Français (French)
v. tr. - attendre, être dans l'attente de, être réservé à, être préparé pour
v. intr. - s'attendre à

Deutsch (German)
v. - erwarten, entgegensehen, bevorstehen, zu erwarten sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναμένω, περιμένω

Italiano (Italian)
attendere, aspettarsi, aspettare, riservare per

Português (Portuguese)
v. - esperar, aguardar

Русский (Russian)
ожидать, ждать, предстоять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - esperar, aguardar, despertar
v. intr. - estar alerta

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - invänta, emotse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
期待, 等候, 将降临到...身上, 等待, 埋伏着等待...的到来

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 期待, 等候, 將降臨到...身上, 等待, 埋伏著等待...的到來
v. intr. - 等待

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 기다리다, 준비되어 있다, ~을 숨어 기다리다
v. intr. - 기다리다, 대망하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 待つ, 前途に控えている, 待望する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينتضر, يترقب, يتوقع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חיכה‬
v. intr. - ‮ציפה ל-‬

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