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waiting upon

waiting upon is the present participle and gerund of wait upon.

Meaning of wait upon

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of wait on.
    Synonyms:
    wait on

Questions about waiting upon

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

Words near waiting upon in the dictionary

  1. waiting till the clouds roll by
  2. waiting time
  3. waiting times
  4. waiting to happen
  5. waiting up
  6. waiting upon
  7. waiting upon hand and foot
  8. waiting-room
  9. waiting-rooms
  10. waitingly
  11. waitings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waiting upon (page history and authors); wait upon (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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