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The correct spelling is wait.
How to pronounce wait
/weɪt/
nounIPA: /weɪt/
Say it like: Way-t
The correct spelling is wait. A delay. For example: "I had a very long wait at the airport security check."
Usage Examples
“I had a very long wait at the airport security check.”
“They lay in wait for the patrol.”
“Wait here until your car arrives.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A delay.
- 2.An ambush.
- 3.One who watches; a watchman.
- 4.(in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
- 5.(in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
verb
- 1.To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
- 2.To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- 3.To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- 4.To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- 5.To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
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