To await is to anticipate or look forward to something. If you're hoping to get a letter from your pen pal, you'll eagerly await the mail carrier's arrival every afternoon.
To watch for; to look out for.
Verb
look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
v. t.
To watch for; to look out for.
v. t.
To wait on, serve, or attend.
v. t.
To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
v. t.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a
glorious reward awaits the good.
v. i.
To watch.
v. i.
To wait (on or upon).
v. i.
To wait; to stay in waiting.
n.
A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Await
Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.4.
O Eve, some farther change awaits us night.
Await
Await
To watch for; to look out for.
To watch.
A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Usage Examples
I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.
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Other Usage ExamplesOur children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.
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