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Definition of Wait

Wait

  1. To watch; to observe; to take notice.
  2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
  3. To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
  4. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
  5. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
  6. To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
  7. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
  8. Ambush.
  9. One who watches; a watchman.
  10. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
  11. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

Wait Quotations

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Henry Van Dyke

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Earl Nightingale

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Abraham Lincoln

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.
Robert H. Schuller
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Wait Translations

wait in Afrikaans is verwag, wag, wag vir
wait in Dutch is wachten, afhalen, te wachten staan
wait in Finnish is odottaa
wait in French is attendent, attendre, attends, attendons, attendez
wait in German is warten, warte, warten
wait in Norwegian is vente
wait in Portuguese is esperar, espera
wait in Spanish is espera

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