With the President dead now, the new policies will have to await government approval.
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Await
Synonyms for "await" (94 found)
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3 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
210 translations across 81 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- wag verb (transitive: to wait for)
Albanian
1 entries- pres verb (transitive: to wait for)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- προσδέχομαι verb (transitive: to wait for)
- προσμένω verb (transitive: to wait for)
Arabic
4 entries- استنى verb (transitive: to wait for)
- استنى verb (transitive: to wait for)
- استنى verb (transitive: to wait for)
- اِسْتَأْنَى verb (transitive: to wait for)
Armenian
2 entries- սպասել verb (transitive: to wait for)
- սպասել verb (transitive: to expect)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gözləmək verb (transitive: to wait for)
Bashkir
2 entries- көтөү verb (transitive: to wait for)
- көтөү verb (transitive: to expect)
Belarusian
2 entries- ждаць verb (transitive: to wait for)
- чака́ць verb (transitive: to wait for)
Bengali
3 entries- অপেক্ষা করা verb (transitive: to wait for)
- অপেক্ষা করা verb (transitive: to expect)
- অপেক্ষা করা verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обслу́жвам verb (to serve)
- оча́квам verb (transitive: to wait for)
- очаквам verb (transitive: to expect)
- очаквам verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
Campidanese Sardinian
3 entries- abettài verb (transitive: to wait for)
- agguardai verb (transitive: to wait for)
- aspettài verb (transitive: to wait for)
Catalan
3 entries- esperar verb (transitive: to wait for)
- esperar verb (transitive: to expect)
- esperar verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 候 verb (transitive: to wait for)
- 等 verb (transitive: to wait for)
- 等候 verb (transitive: to wait for)
- 等待 verb (transitive: to wait for)
Czech
3 entries- očekávat verb (transitive: to wait for)
- očekávat verb (transitive: to expect)
- čekat verb (transitive: to wait for)
Danish
1 entries- afvente verb (transitive: to wait for)
Dutch
4 entries- afwachten verb (transitive: to wait for)
- bedienen verb (to serve)
- dienen verb (to serve)
- klaarliggen verb (transitive: to be in store for)
Esperanto
1 entries- atendi verb (transitive: to wait for)
Estonian
1 entries- ootama verb (transitive: to wait for)
Finnish
4 entries- odottaa verb (transitive: to wait for)
- odottaa verb (transitive: to expect)
- odottaa verb (transitive: to be in store for)
- odottaa verb (intransitive: to watch)
French
4 entries- attendre verb (transitive: to wait for)
- attendre verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
- guetter verb (intransitive: to watch)
- s'attendre à verb (transitive: to expect)
Galician
1 entries- agardar verb (transitive: to wait for)
Gallurese
1 entries- asittà verb (transitive: to wait for)
Georgian
1 entries- დალოდება verb (transitive: to wait for)
German
4 entries- abwarten verb (transitive: to wait for)
- erwarten verb (transitive: to wait for)
- harren verb (transitive: to wait for)
- warten auf verb (transitive: to wait for)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (transitive: to wait for)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִמְתִּין verb (transitive: to wait for)
- חִכָּה verb (transitive: to wait for)
Hindi
4 entries- अपेक्षा verb (transitive: to expect)
- इंतज़ार करना verb (transitive: to wait for)
- प्रतीक्षा verb (transitive: to wait for)
- प्रतीक्षा verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
Hungarian
1 entries- vár verb (transitive: to wait for)
Icelandic
1 entries- bíða verb (transitive: to wait for)
Ido
2 entries- expektar verb (transitive: to expect)
- vartar verb (transitive: to wait for)
Indonesian
2 entries- menunggu verb (transitive: to wait for)
- tunggu verb (transitive: to wait for)
Ingrian
1 entries- ootella verb (transitive: to wait for)
Italian
3 entries- aspettare verb (transitive: to wait for)
- attendere verb (transitive: to wait for)
- servire verb (to serve)
Japanese
2 entries- 待つ verb (transitive: to wait for)
- 期待する verb (transitive: to expect)
Kazakh
2 entries- күту verb (transitive: to wait for)
- тосу verb (transitive: to wait for)
Khmer
2 entries- ចាំ verb (transitive: to wait for)
- រងចាំ verb (transitive: to wait for)
Korean
1 entries- 기다리다 verb (transitive: to wait for)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- күтүү verb (transitive: to wait for)
Lao
2 entries- ລໍ verb (transitive: to wait for)
- ລໍຖ້າ verb (transitive: to wait for)
Latin
4 entries- expecto verb (transitive: to wait for)
- expecto verb (transitive: to expect)
- exspecto verb (transitive: to wait for)
- opperior verb (transitive: to wait for)
Latvian
2 entries- gaidīt verb (transitive: to wait for)
- sagaidīt verb (transitive: to wait for)
Lingala
1 entries- zila verb (transitive: to wait for)
Lithuanian
1 entries- laukti verb (transitive: to wait for)
Macedonian
2 entries- очекува verb (transitive: to wait for)
- чека verb (transitive: to wait for)
Magahi
4 entries- 𑂃𑂣𑂵𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂰⸱𑂍𑂶𑂪 verb (transitive: to expect)
- 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂞𑂰𑂍𑂪 verb (transitive: to wait for)
- 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂠𑂵𑂎𑂪 verb (transitive: to wait for)
- 𑂃𑂮𑂩𑂰⸱𑂡𑂩𑂪 verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
Malay
2 entries- mennungu verb (transitive: to wait for)
- tunggu verb (transitive: to wait for)
Mongolian
1 entries- хүлээх verb (transitive: to wait for)
Māori
4 entries- tatari verb (transitive: to wait for)
- tauhanga verb (transitive: to wait for)
- tauwhanga verb (transitive: to wait for)
- whanga verb (transitive: to wait for)
North Frisian
1 entries- teew verb (transitive: to wait for)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avvente verb (transitive: to wait for)
Occitan
1 entries- esperar verb (transitive: to wait for)
Old French
1 entries- atandre verb (transitive: to wait for)
Persian
2 entries- منتظر ... بودن verb (transitive: to wait for)
- منتظر شدن verb (transitive: to wait for)
Polish
4 entries- czekać verb (transitive: to wait for)
- czekać verb (transitive: to be in store for)
- oczekiwać verb (transitive: to wait for)
- oczekiwać verb (transitive: to expect)
Portuguese
4 entries- aguardar verb (transitive: to wait for)
- aguardar verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
- esperar verb (transitive: to wait for)
- esperar verb (transitive: to expect)
Punjabi
1 entries- اُڈِیکݨا verb (transitive: to wait for)
Quechua
2 entries- suyai verb (transitive: to wait for)
- şuyai verb (transitive: to wait for)
Romanian
4 entries- a servi masa verb (to serve)
- aștepta verb (transitive: to wait for)
- aștepta verb (transitive: to expect)
- aștepta verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
Russian
4 entries- ждать verb (transitive: to wait for)
- обслу́живать verb (to serve)
- обслужи́ть verb (to serve)
- ожида́ть verb (transitive: to wait for)
Sardinian
4 entries- appelidare verb (transitive: to wait for)
- appittu verb (transitive: to wait for)
- isettare verb (transitive: to wait for)
- ispettare verb (transitive: to wait for)
Sassarese
2 entries- aipittà verb (transitive: to wait for)
- aisittà verb (transitive: to wait for)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- očekivati verb (transitive: to wait for)
- čekati verb (transitive: to wait for)
- очекивати verb (transitive: to wait for)
- чекати verb (transitive: to wait for)
Slovak
2 entries- očakávať verb (transitive: to wait for)
- čakať verb (transitive: to wait for)
Slovene
1 entries- čakati verb (transitive: to wait for)
Spanish
4 entries- aguardar verb (transitive: to wait for)
- aguardar verb (transitive: to expect)
- esperar verb (transitive: to wait for)
- esperar verb (transitive: to expect)
Swahili
1 entries- kungojea verb (transitive: to wait for)
Swedish
2 entries- invänta verb (transitive: to wait for)
- vänta verb (transitive: to wait for)
Tagalog
1 entries- maghintay verb (transitive: to wait for)
Tamil
3 entries- காத்திரு verb (transitive: to wait for)
- காத்திரு verb (transitive: to expect)
- காத்திரு verb (transitive: to be in store for)
Tatar
1 entries- көтәргә verb (transitive: to wait for)
Thai
1 entries- รอ verb (transitive: to wait for)
Turkish
1 entries- beklemek verb (transitive: to wait for)
Turkmen
1 entries- garaşmak verb (transitive: to wait for)
Ukrainian
3 entries- жда́ти verb (transitive: to wait for)
- очі́кувати verb (transitive: to wait for)
- чека́ти verb (transitive: to wait for)
Urdu
2 entries- انتظار کرنا verb (transitive: to wait for)
- منتظر ہونا verb (transitive: to wait for)
Uzbek
1 entries- kutmoq verb (transitive: to wait for)
Venetan
2 entries- aspetar verb (transitive: to wait for)
- spetar verb (transitive: to wait for)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chờ verb (transitive: to wait for)
- chờ đợi verb (transitive: to wait for)
- đợi verb (transitive: to wait for)
Walloon
4 entries- atinde verb (transitive: to wait for)
- ratinde verb (transitive: to wait for)
- rawårder verb (transitive: to wait for)
- s' atinde a verb (transitive: to expect)
Zazaki
4 entries- pawayen verb (transitive: to wait for)
- pawen verb (intransitive, to stay in waiting)
- poşeyen verb (transitive: to wait for)
- venderden verb (transitive: to wait for)
Zou
1 entries- nga verb (transitive: to wait for)
Sample sentences
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I await your arrival.
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Tatoeba is just Twitter for language nerds. I eagerly await tempestuous floods of snarky hashtags in every sentence.
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I eagerly await your decision.
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