await

Plural: awaits

Verb

Verb Forms: awaited, awaiting, awaits

To wait for an event or the arrival of something.
look forward to the probable occurrence of
To wait for.
To expect.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
To watch, observe.
To wait; to stay in waiting.

Noun

A waiting for; ambush.
Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.

Examples

Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.
I await your reply to my letter.
I nervously await the outcome of my opponent’s ’thinking’ phase.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.

Synonyms

expect, look, wait, anticipate, attend to, listen, service, wait for

Scrabble Score: 8

await: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
await: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
await: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

await: valid Words With Friends Word