await
US /əˈweɪt/
Definition
look forward to the probable occurrence of
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
We await your reply and hope to finalize the agreement soon.
Synonyms
- wait forhaving a meaning similar to await
- anticipateregard something as probable or likely
- expectregard something as probable or likely
Collocations
- Easy await your replyto await your reply, meaning to look forward to the probable occurrence of
- Medium await managerial sign-offto await managerial sign-off, meaning to look forward to the probable occurrence of
- Hard await judicial determination on injunctionto await judicial determination on injunction, meaning to look forward to the probable occurrence of
- Very Hard anxiously await the verdict of posteritydescribing anxiously await the verdict of posterity (with anxiety or apprehension)
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