Definizione monolingua

wait

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

1. (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by ""wait for"".)
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 30:

     The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.

2. (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

   Wait here until your car arrives.

3. (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

   She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.

wait (plural waits)

1. A delay.

   I had a very long wait at the airport security check.

2. An ambush.

   They laid in wait for the patrol.

3. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
4. plural Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
5. plural Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
   • (Can we date this quote?) Beaumont and Fletcher

     Hark! are the waits abroad?

   • (Can we date this quote?) Washington Irving

     The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.

Definizione dizionario wait

	aspettare
	delay until some event
	To refrain from acting or moving for some duration or until some event occurs.

agguato

aspettarsi

aspettativa

attendere

attesa

imboscata

pazientare

servire

sperare

Altri significati:

to serve customers

a delay

(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

An ambush.

(obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.

(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for".)

A delay.

'''plural''' Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

'''plural''' Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]

(intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.