wait (/weɪt/)
verb · Beginner · Common Verbs
🔊 /weɪt/
Meaning
Meaning: stay until something happens
To stay in a place or delay action until something happens or someone arrives. It expresses patient delay.
Examples
🗣 Please wait here while I go and fetch the car from the garage.
Etymology
From Old North French ‘waitier’ (to watch, attend), from a Germanic root.
How & Where It’s Used
A core everyday verb for delaying and expecting.
Tags: time, patience