Synonym: defer, delay, linger, postpone, procrastinate, put off, shelve, stay, table, tarry. Similar words: await, wait on, wait for, awaiting, waist, trait, portrait. Meaning: [weɪt] 
n. 1. time during which some action is awaited 2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something). v. 1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something 2. wait before acting 3. look forward to the probable occurrence of 4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
n. 1. time during which some action is awaited 2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something). v. 1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something 2. wait before acting 3. look forward to the probable occurrence of 4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant. 
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(211) He sat there passively, content to wait for his father to make the opening move.
(212) She would have to wait in the truck, fanning herself with a piece of cardboard.
(213) He seems to expect me to wait on him hand and foot.
(214) Would you like to wait out here, and the doctor will come and fetch you in a minute?
(215) The kids learn fast, and can't wait to move up to the junior team.
(216) Remember to wait for me at the school gate tomorrow morning.
(217) You'll have to wait until your next birthday for a new bike.
(218) They had to wait ten minutes for the anaesthetic to take effect before they stitched up the cut.
(219) We'll have to wait a little longer to see what happens.
(220) They would have married sooner, but they had to wait for her divorce.
(221) Wait for me where this road joins the main road.
(222) Wait till I get my hands on him-I'll soon sort him out!
(223) They'd double-booked our seats and we had to wait for the next plane.
(224) The only thing we can do now is wait and see what happens.
(225) The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.
(226) I'll wait for a seasonable moment to speak to her.
(227) I can't wait to get my teeth into the new course.
(228) I'm expecting him to arrive soon. If you wait for sth, you stay somewhere or pass the time until something happens:I'm waiting for him to arrive. Waiting describes what you are doing, usually for a short time, until something happens:I'll wait for you outside the hotel.
(229) He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
(230) I'll be back very late so don't wait up for me.
(231) The first episode was good -- now we have to wait a week for the next.
(232) The worst part was having to wait three hours in the rain.
(233) Many scientists plan to wait until the results of the study are validated by future research.
(234) They complained about the inordinate length of time they had to wait.
(235) I'm willing to wait one more week,[sentencedict.com] and that's my final word on the subject.
(236) Please wait just a few minutes; I'm going to clean myself up.
(237) You wait - by next year she'll be wanting a bigger house!
(238) His name was - wait for it - Mr Bacon.
(239) Don't buy now you'd do better to wait for the sales.
(240) By the end of the week I just couldn't wait to get shot of them.