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AWAITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expected hopefully
Synonyms:
anticipated; awaited; hoped-for
Classified under:
Similar:
expected (considered likely or probable to happen or arrive)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb await
Context examples:
A heavy scene however awaited me, before I could leave Devonshire;—I was engaged to dine with you on that very day; some apology was therefore necessary for my breaking this engagement.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
In the nature of things, and of intercourse with gods, something terrible awaited him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I left him seated amid his pink radiance, oiling the lock of his favorite rifle, while he still chuckled to himself at the thought of the adventures which awaited us.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There I squatted down and awaited developments.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But little had she dared to hope that so much love and eloquence awaited her there.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In the presence of this old friend and of the tragedy which girt him round, the veil of triviality and affectation had been rent, and I felt all my gratitude towards him deepening for the first time into affection whilst I watched his pale, anxious face, and the eager hope which shone in his eyes as he awaited his friend’s explanation.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Having laid in the materials for a bowl of punch, to be compounded by Mr. Micawber; having provided a bottle of lavender-water, two wax-candles, a paper of mixed pins, and a pincushion, to assist Mrs. Micawber in her toilette at my dressing-table; having also caused the fire in my bedroom to be lighted for Mrs. Micawber's convenience; and having laid the cloth with my own hands, I awaited the result with composure.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Are you excited? This is the month you long awaited, whether you realized it or not.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Surely enough, a note awaited us at Baker Street.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He himself slept peacefully and snored aloud, yet my heart was sore for him, wicked as he was, to think on the dark perils that environed and the shameful gibbet that awaited him.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
