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Definition of wait noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

wait

 noun
noun
NAmE//weɪt//
 
[usually singular] wait (for somebody/something)
 
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  • an act of waiting; an amount of time waited We had a long wait for the bus. He now faces an agonizing two-month wait for the test results. It took six months for the house to be finished, but it was worth the wait.
    • Idioms
    lie in wait (for somebody)
     
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    to hide, waiting to surprise, attack, or catch someone He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
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