wait

/weɪt/

verbnounwait

WAIt has AI in the middle—w + ai + t = wait.

Yes, it's wait. Remember the vowel team **ai** makes the long A sound: **w + ai + t**.

Definitions

  1. verbto stay in one place or delay doing something until a later time or until something happens
  2. verbto expect or be ready for something to happen
  3. nouna period of time spent waiting

Examples

  • “Please wait here while I get your receipt.”
  • “We had to wait for the rain to stop before we left.”
  • “The doctor apologized for the long wait.”

Synonyms

pausestaydelaylingerhold on

Antonyms

hurryrush

Translations

ES esperarPT esperarFR attendre

Common misspellings

watwaiteweitwatewaetwhaitwaiitwaite

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