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waiting list

waiting list noun: an ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

Noun

waiting list (plural waiting lists)

  1. An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.
    • He is still on the waiting list for public housing.
    • An end to austerity, with the fastest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years.2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speech
    Synonyms:
    waitlist

waiting list meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic

waiting list in Tamil

காத்திருப்பவர் பட்டியல், பின்னிருப்போர், காத்திருப்போர் பட்டியல்

waiting list in Urdu

انتظار کی فہرست

waiting list in Kannada

ಪ್ರತೀಕ್ಷಾ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಸರದಿಗಾರರ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿರುವವರ ಪಟ್ಟಿ

waiting list in Arabic

ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service
قَائِمَة اَلْاِنْتِظَار qāʔimat al-intiẓār
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waiting list in Vietnamese
danh sách chờ đợi, danh sách chờ, danh sách đợi

Synonyms of waiting list

Forms of waiting list

pluralwaiting lists

Questions about waiting list

What does waiting list mean?
Waiting list means an ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.
What is waiting list in Tamil?
Waiting list in Tamil is காத்திருப்பவர் பட்டியல், பின்னிருப்போர், காத்திருப்போர் பட்டியல். See Waiting list meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is waiting list?
Waiting list is a noun.
What is the plural of waiting list?
The plural of waiting list is waiting lists.

Words near waiting list in the dictionary

  1. waiting for the cat to jump
  2. waiting for the other shoe to drop
  3. waiting game
  4. waiting games
  5. waiting in the wings
  6. waiting list
  7. waiting lists
  8. waiting maid
  9. waiting maids
  10. waiting mode
  11. waiting modes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waiting list (page history and authors); waiting list (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiting list (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiting list (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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