wait
EN[weɪt] [-eɪt]US UK
Fattendez WWait
- Wait, attendre en anglais, abrégé en W8, se retrouve dans :
- Wait, une chanson des Beatles parue sur l'album Rubber Soul en 1965,
- Wait (Psych 101 aux USA), un film de 2005 de Trudie Styler avec Tyson Beckford (Charles), Kerry Washington (Maggie) et Debi Mazar (Joanne), fiche IMDB,
- wait est une commande Unix pour attendre,
- Wait a Minute , divers albums musicaux,
- Wait for Sleep, une chanson de l'album Images And Words du groupe Dream Theater,
- Heaven Can Wait ,
- Life Won't Wait, un album du groupe américain Rancid.
- NomPLwaits
- A delay.
- I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
- An ambush.
- They laid in wait for the patrol.
- OBS One who watches; a watchman.
- (in the plural, obsolete, Britain) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
- (in the plural, archaic, Britain) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
- A delay.
- VerbeSGwaitsPRwaitingPT, PPwaited
- (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.).
- (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- (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.
- OBS To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- OBS To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
- OBS To defer or postpone (a meal).
- to wait dinner
- (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.).
- Plus d'exemples
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- “What? I just said ‘awesome.’ That’s because I think it’s hilarious. Seriously, I can't wait to read it.” They all laughed again. Evidently I was Stylemogging them.
- I should have waited until she got wet. She simply wasn't horny yet.
- I rang the doorbell and waited with my heart in my mouth.
- Utilisé au début de la phrase
- Waiting for kettle to boil … So I Kondoed my recipe books
- waiting to be in her presence to burst into the tears with which he delivered endless, and sometimes even untrue, talebearings
- Wait for the temperature to come down to a reasonable level before touching the lid.
- Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- And now, to play us out, please welcome Tom Waits.
- She sat and nervously twiddled her hair while she waited.
- Why don't I just whomp up some scrambled eggs while you're waiting?
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
Definition of wait in English Dictionary
- Partie du discours Hiérarchie
- Noms
- Noms Dénombrable
- Noms Dénombrable
- Verbes
- Verbes de contrôle
- Verbes intransitifs
- Verbes transitifs
- Verbes de contrôle
- Noms
Source: Wiktionnaire