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English
rank|command|etc.|broke|772|waiting|political|reading|German
Pronunciation
RP: IPA|/�weɪtɪ�/
audio|en-us-waiting.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪtɪ�|-eɪtɪ�
Verb
waiting
- Present participle of to wait.
Derived terms
waiting room
Noun
waiting
- obsolete Watching, hence, an ogling.
- The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
- attendance|Attendance, service.
Quotations
ca. 1393: w:William Langland|William Langland, s:Piers Plowman|Piers Plowman, (C), iii. 94.
1871-72: w:George Eliot|George Eliot, Middlemarch, xxxvi.
1874: w:John Fiske|John Fiske, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, I. 122.
1876: w:Richard Watson Gilder|Richard Watson Gilder, The New Day, A Poem in Songs and Sonnets
Translations
trans-top|Watching, hence, an ogling
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trans-top|he act of staying or remaining in expectation
Finnish: odotus, odottaminen
Dutch: wachten, afwachten
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trans-top|Attendance, service
Dutch: bedienen
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References
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