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Definition: AWAITING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To wait, expect or bide.[Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Present participle conjugation of the verb await.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(await)		 1. Look forward to the probable occurrence of.[Wordnet].
2. To watch for; to look out for.[Websters].
3. To wait on, serve, or attend.[Websters].
4. To wait for; to stay for; to expect.[Websters].
5. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.[Websters].
6. To watch.[Websters].
7. To wait (on or upon).[Websters].
8. To wait; to stay in waiting.[Websters].
9. Base verb from the following inflections: awaiting, awaited, awaits, awaiter, awaiters, awaitingly and awaitedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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"Awaiting" is a common misspelling or typo for: a-waiting.

Date "Awaiting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: AWAITING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Waiting for; looking for; expecting; being ready or in store for.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of await. (references)

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Common Expressions: AWAITING

Expressions Definition
Awaiting Your Reply Awaiting Your Reply is a 1978 album by the Resurrection Band hard rock music group from Chicago. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: AWAITING

Expressions Domain Definition
Awaiting signal Post & Telecom TE state: when the TE is requested to initiate activation by means of a PH-ACTIVATE request primitive, it transmits a signal (INFO1) and waits for a response from the NT. Source: European Union. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: AWAITING

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Awaiting Your Reply 9     Awaiting the End 3
In the Halls of Awaiting 8     Awaiting Your Reply 9
Awaiting the End 3     In the Halls of Awaiting 8

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"awaiting" is a common misspelling or typo for: a-waiting.

Synonyms: awaiting
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 expecting, anticipating, tarrying, waiting, attending, await, looking, appearing, asking, calculating, carrying, depending, facing, fronting, gestating, requiring, searching, seeming.
Consider also: hoping, approaching, looming, staying, watching, counting, relying, tending, threatening, deferring, escorting, heeding, loitering, postponing, predicting, tolerating, expect, anticipate, abide, bide, wait, attend, look, appear, ask, bear, bet, calculate, carry, depend, gestate, reckon, require, see, seem.

Noun

 anticipation, expectancy, anxiety, apprehension, augury, belief, calculation, confidence, contemplation, eagerness, expectance, expectation, faith, fever, foresight, foretaste, prevision, trust.
Consider also: divination, foreboding, hunch, premonition, presentiment, charge, lodging, credit, forethought, ardor, assurance, consideration, desire, reckoning, reliance, care, certitude, comprehension.

Adjective

 expectant, imminent, forthcoming, future, close, impending.
Consider also: accompanying, remaining, continuing.

Adverb

 expectantly.
Consider also: optimistically, hopefully, confidently, heavily, largely, watchfully, eagerly, hardly, keenly, laboriously.

Other

 pending, coming, until, waitingly, expectingly, forecast, near.

Expression

 in readiness.
Consider also: in the near future, at hand, in anticipation of, just round the corner, on the horizon, about to happen, life expectancy, wait for, within reach.
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Computed Synonyms: awaiting

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   95.3095   awaiting     watching     watch, deeming, observe, inspecting, keep an eye on   
 2   65.3095   awaiting     staying     remaining, stopping, living, supporting, lingering   
 3   48.3094   awaiting     boding     expecting, waiting, staying, watching, temporizing   
 4   48.3092   awaiting     temporizing     staying, expecting, watching, boding, returning   
 5   30.3094   awaiting     peeping     watching, peering, squeaking, observing, appearing   
 6   18.3194   awaiting     attending     following, tracing, pursuing, obeying, succeeding   
 7   17.7098   awaiting     waiting     wait, await, watching, expect, abide   
 8   15.4094   awaiting     expecting     reckoning, supposing, watching, believing, presuming   
 9   14.3094   awaiting     looking     look, inspecting, eying, regard, watch   
 10   13.3093   awaiting     observing     inspecting, realizing, visiting, restraining, preserving   
 11   11.3095   awaiting     biding     waiting, await, bide, expect, to bide   
 12   11.3095   awaiting     wishing     wish, loving, woulding, desiring, ambitioning   
 13   10.4090   awaiting     contemplating     envisaging, intending, expecting, planning, chewing   
 14   10.0596   awaiting     await     wait, expect, abide, bide, to await   
 15   8.3094   awaiting     checking     check, investigating, stemming, tracing, bridling   
--------------------     410 synonyms ranked from 16 to 425 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: awaiting

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.0593   awaiting     to await     await, wait, watch   
 2   3.0093   awaiting     to wait     wait, await, to await   
 3   3.0092   awaiting     to bide     bide, to await, wait   
 4   3.0090   awaiting     to expect     expect, await, wait   
 5   2.2092   awaiting     hang on     abide, wait, stay   
 6   2.0091   awaiting     to hope     hope, wish, to wish   
 7   1.7198   awaiting     a waiting     waiting, a-waiting   
 8   1.7089   awaiting     while waiting for     pending, abidance, in expectation of   
 9   1.3085   awaiting     to figure on doing     expecting, anticipating, to reckon   
 10   1.0187   awaiting     make an attempt     attempt, standby state, loiter time   
 11   1.0092   awaiting     stand by     support, back, sustain   
 12   1.0091   awaiting     lay over     delay, layover, abeyance   
 13   1.0090   awaiting     loiter time     layover, standby state, make an attempt   
 14   1.0089   awaiting     to visualize     visualize, to visualise, display   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: awaiting

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   5.9991   percentage awaiting repair     percentage under repair         
 2   3.5586   custody awaiting trial     detention pending trial     detention under remand, pretrial detention   
 3   1.9994   detention awaiting trial     detention pending trial     custody awaiting trial, detention under remand   
 4   1.9994   awaiting agreement     pending agreement     awaiting approval   
 5   1.9986   detention awaiting trial     detention under remand     detention pending trial, provisional detention   
 6   1.9986   detention awaiting trial     detention on suspicion     to be on custody awaiting trial, detention under remand   
 7   1.9986   detention awaiting trial     detention of untried person     detention under remand, on disposal of the case   
 8   1.9986   detention awaiting trial     detention of suspicion     detention, apprehension   
 9   1.9984   detention awaiting trial     detention     arrest, apprehension   
 10   1.8891   awaiting approval     awaiting agreement     pending agreement   
 11   1.8891   awaiting agreement     awaiting approval     pending agreement   
 12   1.8879   awaiting further information     awaiting     watching, staying   
 13   1.8498   long awaiting     long-awaiting         
 14   1.7784   custody awaiting trial     custody     care, keeping   
 15   1.7078   awaiting further information     waiting     wait, await   
--------------------     34 expressions ranked from 16 to 49 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: awaiting
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 doubting.

Adjective

 far-off.
Consider also: remote.
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Translations: AWAITING

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya تَرَقَّبَ (await, expect, awaited, awaiting, awaits), اِرْتَقَبَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِسْتَنْظَرَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِنْتَظَرَ (await, anticipate, anticipated, anticipates, anticipating), اِنْتِظار (expectation, wait, waiting, anticipation, awaiting), موظفون بانتظار إعادة التكليف (staff awaiting reassignment), احتجاز رهن المحاكمة (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, preventive detention), بانتظار قراركم بالموافقة (awaiting for your favourable decision), بإنتظار قراركم بالإيجاب (awaiting for your favourable decision). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha تَرَقَّبَ (await, expect, awaited, awaiting, awaits), اِرْتَقَبَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِسْتَنْظَرَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِنْتَظَرَ (await, anticipate, anticipated, anticipates, anticipating), اِنْتِظار (expectation, wait, waiting, anticipation, awaiting), موظفون بانتظار إعادة التكليف (staff awaiting reassignment), احتجاز رهن المحاكمة (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, preventive detention), بانتظار قراركم بالموافقة (awaiting for your favourable decision), بإنتظار قراركم بالإيجاب (awaiting for your favourable decision). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic تَرَقَّبَ (await, expect, awaited, awaiting, awaits), اِرْتَقَبَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِسْتَنْظَرَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِنْتَظَرَ (await, anticipate, anticipated, anticipates, anticipating), اِنْتِظار (expectation, wait, waiting, anticipation, awaiting), موظفون بانتظار إعادة التكليف (staff awaiting reassignment), احتجاز رهن المحاكمة (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, preventive detention), بانتظار قراركم بالموافقة (awaiting for your favourable decision), بإنتظار قراركم بالإيجاب (awaiting for your favourable decision). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian očekávající (expectant, anticipant, awaiting, expectative, anticipative), očekávání (anticipation, expectation, expectancy, expectance, expectations), čekání (waiting, expectancy, expectance, awaiting, idle). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese esperando (waiting, hoping, awaiting, expecting, biding), aguardando (awaiting, abiding), a espera de (awaiting), esperar (to wait, to hope, to await, to expect, await). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง (anticipation, awaiting). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina očekávající (expectant, anticipant, awaiting, expectative, anticipative), očekávání (anticipation, expectation, expectancy, expectance, expectations), čekání (waiting, expectancy, expectance, awaiting, idle). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 等待 (await, wait, wait for, waiting, waits), 等待重新指派任务的工作人员 (staff awaiting reassignment), 等待审判或上诉的人员的拘留规则 (rules governing the detention of persons awaiting trial or appeal), 审前羁押 (custody awaiting trial). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 等待修復時間 (awaiting repair time), 候修時間 (awaiting repair time). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech očekávající (expectant, anticipant, awaiting, expectative, anticipative), očekávání (anticipation, expectation, expectancy, expectance, expectations), čekání (waiting, expectancy, expectance, awaiting, idle). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch erwartend (expectant, expecting, awaiting, anticipatory, biding), wartend (waiting, awaiting, auf waiting, awaiting further information), harrend (awaiting), erwarten (expect, to expect, anticipate, await, abide). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Français attendant (waiting, awaiting, expecting, biding), patientant (awaiting, waiting), guettant (awaiting), attente (wait, waiting, expectancy, holding, violate). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
French attendant (waiting, awaiting, expecting, biding), patientant (awaiting, waiting), guettant (awaiting), attente (wait, waiting, expectancy, holding, violate). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
German erwartend (expectant, expecting, awaiting, anticipatory, biding), wartend (waiting, awaiting, auf waiting, awaiting further information), harrend (awaiting), erwarten (expect, to expect, anticipate, await, abide). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic تَرَقَّبَ (await, expect, awaited, awaiting, awaits), اِرْتَقَبَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِسْتَنْظَرَ (await, awaited, awaiting, awaits, expect), اِنْتَظَرَ (await, anticipate, anticipated, anticipates, anticipating), اِنْتِظار (expectation, wait, waiting, anticipation, awaiting), موظفون بانتظار إعادة التكليف (staff awaiting reassignment), احتجاز رهن المحاكمة (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, preventive detention), بانتظار قراركم بالموافقة (awaiting for your favourable decision), بإنتظار قراركم بالإيجاب (awaiting for your favourable decision). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
High German erwartend (expectant, expecting, awaiting, anticipatory, biding), wartend (waiting, awaiting, auf waiting, awaiting further information), harrend (awaiting), erwarten (expect, to expect, anticipate, await, abide). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch erwartend (expectant, expecting, awaiting, anticipatory, biding), wartend (waiting, awaiting, auf waiting, awaiting further information), harrend (awaiting), erwarten (expect, to expect, anticipate, await, abide). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian aspettando (waiting, expecting, awaiting, abiding, biding), attendendo (awaiting, biding), appostando (awaiting, waylaying), in attesa di un vostro sollecito riscontro (awaiting your early reply). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivatan panayajen (awaiting), panayajen namen u cawara mo (we were awaiting your arrival). Additional references: Ivatan, Philippines, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 待ち (waiting, waiting time, a waiting, awaiting, wait), 熟柿主義 (awaiting one's chance, laying low), 長く待つこと (long awaiting, long-awaiting). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Melanesian English wetkot (a watchhouse, one who is awaiting trial). Additional references: Melanesian English, Papua New Guinea, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Neomelanesian wetkot (a watchhouse, one who is awaiting trial). Additional references: Neomelanesian, Papua New Guinea, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
New Guinea Pidgin English wetkot (a watchhouse, one who is awaiting trial). Additional references: New Guinea Pidgin English, Papua New Guinea, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian Å avventing (awaiting). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Pidgin wetkot (a watchhouse, one who is awaiting trial). Additional references: Pidgin, Papua New Guinea, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Pisin wetkot (a watchhouse, one who is awaiting trial). Additional references: Pisin, Papua New Guinea, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese aguardando (awaiting, abiding, waiting), a espera de (awaiting), esperando (waiting, hoping, awaiting, expecting, biding), esperar (wait, hope, await, expect, to wait). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi avvaktan (abidance, awaiting, while waiting for). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian ожидать ожидающий (awaiting, expecting), содержание под стражей до суда (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, pretrial detention), предварительное заключение (custodial arrest, custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) ozhidatʹ ozhidayushchiy (awaiting, expecting), soderzhanie pod strazhey do suda (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, pretrial detention), predvaritelʹnoe zaklyuchenie (custodial arrest, custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki ожидать ожидающий (awaiting, expecting), содержание под стражей до суда (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, pretrial detention), предварительное заключение (custodial arrest, custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) ozhidatʹ ozhidayushchiy (awaiting, expecting), soderzhanie pod strazhey do suda (custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial, pretrial detention), predvaritelʹnoe zaklyuchenie (custodial arrest, custody awaiting trial, detention pending trial). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง (anticipation, awaiting). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish esperando (waiting, expecting, hoping, awaiting, biding), aguardando (waiting, awaiting), en la espera de (awaiting), Aguardar (await, wait, to await, to wait, abide), a la espera de (awaiting). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง (anticipation, awaiting). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska avvaktan (abidance, awaiting, while waiting for). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish avvaktan (abidance, awaiting, while waiting for). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง (anticipation, awaiting). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang การรอคอยอย่างคาดหวัง (anticipation, awaiting). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Tok Pisin wetkot (a watchhouse, one who is awaiting trial). Additional references: Tok Pisin, Papua New Guinea, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish üç aydır hapiste duruşma için beklemek (to be kept three months in prison awaiting trial), tutuklanma (apprehension, arrest, detainer, detention, to be in custody awaiting trial), duruşması henüz yapılmamış mahpus (prisoner awaiting trial), tutukluluk (imprisonment, inhibition, charge, custody, custody awaiting trial), cevabınızı bekliyoruz (awaiting your reply), nazik cevabınızı bekler (awaiting to favour of your reply). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, awaiting. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AWAITING

Language Translations for “awaiting” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin awaitingway (awaiting). Additional references: Pig Latin, awaiting. (volunteer)
Terran B asperaa (await, awaiting). Additional references: Terran B, awaiting. (volunteer)
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