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waited for

waited for is the simple past and past participle of wait for.

Meaning of wait for

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.
  2. To await the arrival of.
    • I'm waiting for my date.
    Synonyms:
    await, wait on

Questions about waited for

What is waited for the simple past and past participle of?
Waited for is the simple past and past participle of wait for.

Words near waited for in the dictionary

  1. waited
  2. waited a minute
  3. waited and saw
  4. waited and seen
  5. waited around
  6. waited for
  7. waited for Godot
  8. waited for the ball to drop
  9. waited for the cat to jump
  10. waited for the other shoe to drop
  11. waited in the wings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waited for (page history and authors); wait for (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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