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waiting for

waiting for is the present participle and gerund 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 waiting for

What is waiting for the present participle and gerund of?
Waiting for is the present participle and gerund of wait for.

Words near waiting for in the dictionary

  1. waiting
  2. waiting a minute
  3. waiting and seeing
  4. waiting area
  5. waiting around
  6. waiting for
  7. waiting for Godot
  8. waiting for the ball to drop
  9. waiting for the cat to jump
  10. waiting for the other shoe to drop
  11. waiting game

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waiting 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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