See wait on on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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"singular",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "wait"
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"_dis1": "2 25 23 8 29 0 0 7 0 5",
"word": "wait on hand and foot"
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"word": "wait on tables"
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"text": "Is someone waiting on you yet?",
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"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
"text": "How now, Simple! where have you been? I must wait on myself, must I?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter I, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "[…] for such a large house there are very few servants, because master has never lived here much; and when he does come, being a bachelor, he needs little waiting on:",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1942, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 9, in Dust Tracks on a Road, New York: Arno Press, published 1969, page 171:",
"text": "“Run on, fellow. You can’t get waited on in here.”\n“I’ll stay right here until I do. I know my rights. […] I’ll get waited on all right, or sue the place.”",
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"To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant."
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"roman": "shìhòu",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "侍候"
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"sense": "provide a service",
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"sense": "provide a service",
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"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "tarjoilla"
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"word": "palvella"
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"sense": "provide a service",
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"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "atender"
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"roman": "obsluhóvuvaty",
"sense": "provide a service",
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"word": "обслуго́вувати"
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"text": "I'm waiting on you before we can leave.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 27:14:",
"text": "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 89:",
"text": "Be pleased to write to me by Rogers; who will wait on you for your answer, at your own time.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1981, Jagger/Richards (lyrics and music), “Waiting On A Friend”, in Tattoo You, performed by The Rolling Stones:",
"text": "I'm not waiting on a lady / I'm just waiting on a friend",
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"To wait for (a person)."
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"(colloquial) To wait for (a person)."
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"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
"word": "odottaa"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
"word": "bíða eftir"
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"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
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"text": "I'm waiting on the light to change.",
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"ref": "1874, Thomas Hardy, “Oak's Advancement— A Great Hope”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 223:",
"text": "[…] a time was coming […] when his waiting on events should have its reward.",
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{
"ref": "1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 13, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 340:",
"text": "[…] with grass mats over their heads and the raindrops puddling in their footprints, [they] waited on the weather.",
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{
"ref": "1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “The Birds”, in Stories of Suspense, New York: Scholastic Book Services, published 1972, page 17:",
"text": "It was as though they [the gulls] waited upon some signal; as though some decision had yet to be given.",
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"ref": "1796, Edmund Burke, “Letter I. On the Overtures of Peace.”, in Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, London: […] F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], published 20 October 1796, →OCLC, page 62:",
"text": "the destruction that waits on Monarchs, who consider fidelity to them as the most degrading of all vices",
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{
"ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 1, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Random House, pages 9–10:",
"text": "Their wages wouldn’t even get them out of debt to my grandmother, not to mention the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown.",
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"To be in store for (someone)."
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 13, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book 7, page 68:",
"text": "In the Evening our Commander sent a Message to Mr. Jones, that if a Visit would not be troublesome he would wait on him.",
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"ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 6, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 42:",
"text": "The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was returned in due form.",
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"ref": "1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 25, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York, Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part II (Life as a Freeman), page 399:",
"text": "[…] I went, as my custom was, into one of the best railroad carriages on the road. […] I was soon waited upon by the conductor, and ordered out;",
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"ref": "1937, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1982, Part 3, p. 114:",
"text": "Lest [my resolve] should break down, I took a stiff dose of whisky and waited on the Governor early.",
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"(archaic) To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony."
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"word": "call on"
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"ref": "1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, chapter 3, in The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC, page 49:",
"text": "that ruine which waits upon such a supine temper",
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{
"ref": "1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 66:",
"text": "For Blessings ever wait on virtuous Deeds;\nAnd tho’ a late, a sure Reward succeeds.",
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{
"ref": "1812–1818, Lord Byron, “Canto 2”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, stanza 98, page 118:",
"text": "What is the worst of woes that wait on age?",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 3:10:",
"text": "Aaron and his sons […] shall wait on their priest’s office:",
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"(archaic) To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.)."
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"To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung."
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"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "odottaa"
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"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "vänta på"
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"sense": "wait for an event",
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"word": "чека́ти"
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"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "очікувати"
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"word": "wait on hand and foot"
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"word": "wait on tables"
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"text": "Is someone waiting on you yet?",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
"text": "How now, Simple! where have you been? I must wait on myself, must I?",
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{
"ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter I, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "[…] for such a large house there are very few servants, because master has never lived here much; and when he does come, being a bachelor, he needs little waiting on:",
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{
"ref": "1942, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 9, in Dust Tracks on a Road, New York: Arno Press, published 1969, page 171:",
"text": "“Run on, fellow. You can’t get waited on in here.”\n“I’ll stay right here until I do. I know my rights. […] I’ll get waited on all right, or sue the place.”",
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"To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant."
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"text": "I'm waiting on you before we can leave.",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 27:14:",
"text": "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:",
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},
{
"ref": "1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 89:",
"text": "Be pleased to write to me by Rogers; who will wait on you for your answer, at your own time.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1981, Jagger/Richards (lyrics and music), “Waiting On A Friend”, in Tattoo You, performed by The Rolling Stones:",
"text": "I'm not waiting on a lady / I'm just waiting on a friend",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"To wait for (a person)."
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"(colloquial) To wait for (a person)."
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"text": "I'm waiting on the light to change.",
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"ref": "1874, Thomas Hardy, “Oak's Advancement— A Great Hope”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 223:",
"text": "[…] a time was coming […] when his waiting on events should have its reward.",
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},
{
"ref": "1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 13, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 340:",
"text": "[…] with grass mats over their heads and the raindrops puddling in their footprints, [they] waited on the weather.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “The Birds”, in Stories of Suspense, New York: Scholastic Book Services, published 1972, page 17:",
"text": "It was as though they [the gulls] waited upon some signal; as though some decision had yet to be given.",
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"To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place)."
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"(colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place)."
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"ref": "1796, Edmund Burke, “Letter I. On the Overtures of Peace.”, in Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, London: […] F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], published 20 October 1796, →OCLC, page 62:",
"text": "the destruction that waits on Monarchs, who consider fidelity to them as the most degrading of all vices",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 1, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Random House, pages 9–10:",
"text": "Their wages wouldn’t even get them out of debt to my grandmother, not to mention the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be in store for (someone)."
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"word": "await"
}
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 13, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book 7, page 68:",
"text": "In the Evening our Commander sent a Message to Mr. Jones, that if a Visit would not be troublesome he would wait on him.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 6, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 42:",
"text": "The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was returned in due form.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 25, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York, Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part II (Life as a Freeman), page 399:",
"text": "[…] I went, as my custom was, into one of the best railroad carriages on the road. […] I was soon waited upon by the conductor, and ordered out;",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1937, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, New York: Oxford University Press, published 1982, Part 3, p. 114:",
"text": "Lest [my resolve] should break down, I took a stiff dose of whisky and waited on the Governor early.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony."
],
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"courtesy",
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"(archaic) To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony."
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"word": "call on"
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"ref": "1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, chapter 3, in The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC, page 49:",
"text": "that ruine which waits upon such a supine temper",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 66:",
"text": "For Blessings ever wait on virtuous Deeds;\nAnd tho’ a late, a sure Reward succeeds.",
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},
{
"ref": "1812–1818, Lord Byron, “Canto 2”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, stanza 98, page 118:",
"text": "What is the worst of woes that wait on age?",
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}
],
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"To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something)."
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"(archaic) To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something)."
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 3:10:",
"text": "Aaron and his sons […] shall wait on their priest’s office:",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.)."
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"(archaic) To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.)."
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"To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung."
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"(falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung."
],
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"hobbies",
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"lifestyle"
]
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"To court (someone)."
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"(colloquial, US, archaic) To court (someone)."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìhòu",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "侍候"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fúshi",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "服侍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìfèng",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "侍奉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cìhou",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "伺候"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "tarjoilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "kiszolgál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "felszolgál"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "þjóna"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "þjóna til borðs"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "ministrō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "appāreō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kelnerować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obsługiwać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obsłużyć"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslužítʹ",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обслужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslúživatʹ",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслу́живать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prislúživatʹ",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прислу́живать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "provide a service",
"word": "atender"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obsluhóvuvaty",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслуго́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obslužýty",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обслужи́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "služýty",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prysluhovuvaty",
"sense": "provide a service",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прислуговувати"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
"word": "odottaa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
"word": "bíða eftir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čekáty",
"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чека́ти"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "očikuvaty",
"sense": "wait for a person to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "очікувати"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "odottaa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "bíða eftir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "vänta på"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čekáty",
"sense": "wait for an event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "чека́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "očikuvaty",
"sense": "wait for an event",
"word": "очікувати"
}
],
"word": "wait on"
}
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