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waits for

waits for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 waits for

What is waits for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Waits for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wait for.

Words near waits for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waits 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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