wait
//weɪt//
Verb
waitInfinitive
waitPresent tense
waitedPast tense
waitedPast participle
waitingPresent participle
waitsThird-person singular
1
To stay in a place or remain inactive until something expected happens or someone arrives.
I'll wait for you at the station.
2
To delay or postpone an action or event.
Let's wait until tomorrow to make a decision.
3
To serve food or drinks to people at a table (used with 'on').
She waited on customers at the restaurant.
4
To be ready or available for someone.
Dinner is waiting for you on the table.
Noun
1
A period of waiting; the time spent waiting for something or someone.
We had a long wait at the doctor's office.
2
An ambush or act of lying in wait (archaic).
The soldiers lay in wait for the enemy.