AWAIT
What does "AWAIT" mean?
To wait for; or, of an event, to be in store for someone.
Meanings
- To wait for (someone or something). They stood on the platform to await the late train.
- To be ready or in store for; to lie ahead of someone. A warm welcome awaits every new arrival.
- In programming, a keyword that pauses an async function until a result resolves. We had to await the API response before rendering the page. technical
Did you know?
- A centuries-old word for watchful waiting became a core keyword of modern code: in JavaScript, 'await' literally tells a program to pause and wait for a result before moving on.
Word origin
From Anglo-French 'awaitier', from Old French 'awaitier' ('to watch for, lie in wait'), built on a Germanic root meaning 'to watch', related to 'wait' and 'watch'.
Remember it
AWAIT = A + WAIT. You await by simply doing 'a wait'.
A little poem
The platform clock ticks-
she keeps her eyes on the bend
where the train will be.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the programmer why he was so patient. He said he'd learned to just await whatever resolves.
What it teaches
Waiting and watching are the same verb; attention is what turns idle time into readiness.
Quick facts
What does AWAIT mean?
To wait for; or, of an event, to be in store for someone.
Is AWAIT a valid word?
Yes — AWAIT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AWAIT?
AWAIT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AWAIT come from?
From Anglo-French 'awaitier', from Old French 'awaitier' ('to watch for, lie in wait'), built on a Germanic root meaning 'to watch', related to 'wait' and 'watch'.
What can AWAIT teach us?
Waiting and watching are the same verb; attention is what turns idle time into readiness.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.