wait - English word #261

Translation

To stay in one place or do nothing until something happens or someone comes.

Word origin

From Old North French waitier, meaning to watch or keep guard.

Verb typeregular (wait, waits, waited)

Please .

"Wait" means to stay here until I come.

bus .

"Waits" is the form used with he, she, or it.

train.

"Waited" is the past form of "wait".

When you wait, you let time pass and do not move on until the thing you want happens. You might wait for a friend, a bus, or your turn.

stop

To not move or not do something any more, or to make this happen.

stand

To be on your feet with your body straight up, not sitting or lying down.

sit

To rest with the lower part of your body on a chair or the ground.

time

The thing measured in minutes, hours, and years that keeps passing.

hour

A length of time equal to sixty minutes.

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