A marvellous reception awaited me on my first day at work.
Meaning of await in English
(Definition of await from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of await from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of await
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Some of the present results await theoretical explanations and suggest directions for further research.
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Screening for prostate cancer continues to be debated and the results of large randomized trials are awaited.
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Due to the backlog of patients awaiting appointments, most people wait a few weeks or even months for a specialist consultation.
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Maturation is complete when the second meiotic division is arrested at metaphase where the egg will await fertilisation.
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Of 11 patients not yet repaired, 2 are considered irreparable because of inadequate distal pulmonary arteries, 3 await unifocalization, and 6 are candidates for repair.
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We anticipate that many of these questions may find affirmative answers, but these answers will have to await future research.
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Reports on the next phase of an unusually rigorous research project will be eagerly awaited.
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Our understanding of the neural underpinnings of theory of mind awaits the development of a computational account of the cognitive mechanism.
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To see this, suppose that two tasks have been created, and both must be awaited.
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Bodies physical never need be taken for granted as a priori facts merely awaiting archaeological, or any other, confirmation.
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A well-grounded alternative must await much more laborious research.
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He suggests that such recognition had to await the welfare analyses following from the 1931 census and welfare programmes developed in the decades thereafter.
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Further analysis of the movement's specific ideas and impact must await future publications.
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The expression is like a blueprint which awaits interpretation.
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Such attempts would have to await the emergence in the 1970s of a coherent set of theoretical perspectives and goals in the area.
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～を待つ, 待（ま）つ, 待（ま）ち受（う）ける…
beklemek, gelecekte bir şeyin olmasını beklemek…
attendre…
esperar…
verwachten, afwachten…
vente på, afvente…
invänta, emotse…
menanti…
erwarten…
vente på, vente, vente (på)…
чекати, дожидати…
ждать, ожидать…
يَنْتَظِر…
očekávat…
menunggu…
รอคอย…
đợi…
oczekiwać na, czekać na, oczekiwać…
-을 기다리고 있다…
attendere, aspettare…
