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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
wait
/weɪt/
verb1 of 2
to spend time until an expected thing happens
- “That's the answer I was waiting to hear from you.”Tatoeba
- “We had to wait a little while for the bus.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A delay.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)