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   await

   /əˈweɪt/

   verb

   • 1. wait for (an event): "we await the proposals with impatience" Similar wait forexpectanticipatelook forhope for
   • ▪ (of an event or circumstance) be in store for (someone): "many dangers await them" Similar be in store forlie ahead oflie in wait forbe waiting for

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French awaitier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + waitier ‘to wait’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • A

     1

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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