Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of remaining inactive or stationary.
- noun A period of time spent waiting.
- idiom (in waiting) In attendance, especially at a royal court.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Watching; hence, an ogling.
- noun The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
- noun Attendance; service.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
wait , v. - [Eng.] in attendance.
- a woman who waits upon a person of rank.
- a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
wait . - noun obsolete Watching.
- noun The act of staying or remaining in
expectation . - noun
Attendance ,service .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being and remaining ready and available for use
- noun the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word waiting.
Examples
-
I had Riddick on PC waiting in my Newegg shopping cart, just * waiting* for me to apply my Christmastime gift certificate and click Checkout, to make Atari $50 richer.
Wired Top Stories 2009
-
"Why to be sure Christmas is coming," laughed Mrs. Merrill, "and here I've been waiting and waiting and _waiting_ for you to talk about it till, actually, I thought I'd had to begin myself, if you didn't wake up pretty soon."
Mary Jane's City Home Clara Ingram Judson 1914
-
I am waiting -- simply _waiting_, and it is better to let you know that I am not forgetting instead.
-
I've been waiting and _waiting_, and I just wondered if you had enlisted and gone off to war without even calling up to say good-by.
The Thunder Bird B. M. Bower 1905
-
"You blessed darling!" she softly exclaimed, "here I've been waiting for you, and _waiting_ for you and longing -- _Oh_!"
An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada A. Ethelwyn Wetherald 1898
-
It was no use _waiting_, because if all had gone right it should have been waiting for us for an hour at least.
The Love Affairs of Pixie George de Horne Vaizey 1887
-
A football town in waiting is showing its new colors, and waiting no more.
On football: It's not a dream; Cardinals land in title game 2009
-
QUOTE TO NOTE: That's the whole reason we have a head coach in waiting is to counter that.
-
I believe we all discouraged that, but there was a name waiting for her.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
-
I believe we all discouraged that, but there was a name waiting for her.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
bilby commented on the word waiting
Wait. If a waiting list is full, is there a waiting list for the waiting list?
June 11, 2014
alexz commented on the word waiting
That would be the waiting list waiting list.
June 11, 2014