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in waiting

in waiting prepositional phrase: awaiting something; ready for some occurrence.

Prepositional phrase

in waiting

  1. Awaiting something; ready for some occurrence.

Questions about in waiting

What does in waiting mean?
In waiting means awaiting something; ready for some occurrence.
What part of speech is in waiting?
In waiting is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in waiting in the dictionary

  1. in vitro fertilization
  2. in vitro fertilizations
  3. in vivo
  4. in vogue
  5. in voice
  6. in waiting
  7. in waves
  8. in ways
  9. in weal and woe
  10. in what universe
  11. in what world

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