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wait for

wait for verb: to wait until the specified event occurs.

Verb

wait for (third-person singular simple present waits for, present participle waiting for, simple past and past participle waited for)

  1. To wait until the specified event occurs.
    • Wait for the light to change before you cross the street.
    • What are you waiting for?
  2. To await the arrival of.
    • I'm waiting for my date.
    • I'm waiting for the train.
    Synonyms:
    await, wait on

wait for meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

wait for in Tamil

to wait for
கா kā

wait for in Urdu

انتظار کرنا, راہ تکنا

wait for in Bengali

to wait for, to await; to expect
অপেক্ষা করা ôpekkha kôra

wait for in Telugu

to wait for, await, long for, hope for
నిరీక్షించు nirīkṣiñcu
More languagesFewer languages
wait for in Sanskrit
प्रतीक्षते prátīkṣate, प्रतीक्ष् pratīkṣ

Synonyms of wait for

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Antonyms

Forms of wait for

third-person singular presentwaits for
present participlewaiting for
past participlewaited for
pastwaited for

Questions about wait for

What does wait for mean?
Wait for means to wait until the specified event occurs.
What is wait for in Tamil?
Wait for in Tamil is கா (kā). See Wait for meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wait for?
Wait for is a verb.
What is the past tense of wait for?
The past tense of wait for is waited for.

Words near wait for in the dictionary

  1. waistwraps
  2. wait
  3. wait a minute
  4. wait and see
  5. wait around
  6. wait for
  7. wait for Godot
  8. wait for it
  9. wait for the ball to drop
  10. wait for the cat to jump
  11. wait for the dust to settle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wait for (page history and authors); கா (Tamil) (page history and authors); wait for (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অপেক্ষা করা (Bengali) (page history and authors); నిరీక్షించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); प्रतीक्षते (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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