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wait-and-see

wait-and-see adjective: tending to observe events before coming to a decision.

Adjective

wait-and-see (not comparable)

  1. Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.
    • This speculation causes a wait-and-see attitude in the marketplace[…]2002, Thomas P. Reilly, Value-added selling, page 28
    • a wait-and-see policy on the president2011, James Moltz, The Politics of Space Security, page 146

Questions about wait-and-see

What does wait-and-see mean?
Wait-and-see means tending to observe events before coming to a decision.
What part of speech is wait-and-see?
Wait-and-see is an adjective.

Words near wait-and-see in the dictionary

  1. wait-a-bit
  2. wait-a-bits
  3. wait-a-minute
  4. wait-a-while
  5. wait-a-whiles
  6. wait-and-see
  7. wait-awhile
  8. wait-free
  9. wait-list
  10. wait-listed
  11. wait-listing

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