"wait on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: waits on [present, singular, third-person], waiting on [participle, present], waited on [participle, past], waited on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wait on (third-person singular simple present waits on, present participle waiting on, simple past and past participle waited on)
  1. To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant. Synonyms: attend to, serve Translations (provide a service): 侍候 (shìhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 服侍 (fúshi) (Chinese Mandarin), 侍奉 (shìfèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 伺候 (cìhou) (Chinese Mandarin), tarjoilla (Finnish), palvella (Finnish), kiszolgál (Hungarian), felszolgál (Hungarian), þjóna (Icelandic), þjóna til borðs (Icelandic), ministrō (Latin), appāreō (Latin), kelnerować [imperfective] (Polish), obsługiwać [imperfective] (Polish), obsłużyć [perfective] (Polish), служи́ть (služítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обслужи́ть (obslužítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обслу́живать (obslúživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прислу́живать (prislúživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обслуго́вувати (obsluhóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), обслужи́ти (obslužýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), служи́ти (služýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), прислуговувати (prysluhovuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-mB26RnFW Disambiguation of 'provide a service': 67 5 5 7 9 1 6 1
  2. (colloquial) To wait for (a person). Tags: colloquial Translations (wait for a person to do something): odottaa (Finnish), bíða eftir (Icelandic), чека́ти (čekáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), очікувати (očikuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-DugBJZZN Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 8 18 16 8 15 10 11 13 Disambiguation of 'wait for a person to do something': 3 48 33 6 6 1 3 1
  3. (colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place). Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-8uZmq83w Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 8 18 16 8 15 10 11 13
  4. To be in store for (someone). Synonyms: await
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-so9MDXAu
  5. (archaic) To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony. Tags: archaic Synonyms: attend, call on
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-SM9QoVpv Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 8 18 16 8 15 10 11 13
  6. (archaic) To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-wFZzafDz Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 8 18 16 8 15 10 11 13
  7. (archaic) To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.). Tags: archaic Synonyms: attend to
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-Ux9l8Lpb Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 8 18 16 8 15 10 11 13
  8. (falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung. Tags: of a hawk Categories (topical): Falconry
    Sense id: en-wait_on-en-verb-5zl3FUK1 Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 8 18 16 8 15 10 11 13 Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wait upon Related terms: wait, wait on hand and foot, wait on tables Translations (wait for an event): odottaa (Finnish), bíða eftir (Icelandic), vänta på (Swedish), чека́ти (čekáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), очікувати (očikuvaty) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'wait for an event': 2 41 39 6 7 1 3 1

Inflected forms

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          "code": "la",
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          "text": "I'm not waiting on a lady / I'm just waiting on a friend",
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          "text": "I'm waiting on the light to change.",
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          "ref": "1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “The Birds”, in Stories of Suspense, New York: Scholastic Book Services, published 1972, page 17",
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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": "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": "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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        "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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        "(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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      "sense": "wait for an event",
      "word": "odottaa"
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      "word": "bíða eftir"
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      "word": "vänta på"
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      "sense": "wait for an event",
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      "sense": "wait for an event",
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        {
          "word": "serve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm waiting on you before we can leave.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait for (a person)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait for",
          "wait for"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) To wait for (a person)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm waiting on the light to change.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait for",
          "wait for"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in store for (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in store",
          "in store"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "await"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "courtesy",
          "courtesy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To visit (someone) as a courtesy, on business or for ceremony."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "attend"
        },
        {
          "word": "call on"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To occur as a consequence of (something), to result from (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carry out",
          "carry out"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To carry out or perform (a duty, function, etc.)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "attend to"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Falconry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "falconry",
          "falconry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "of a hawk"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "falconry",
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wait upon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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": "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "očikuvaty",
      "sense": "wait for a person to do something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "чека́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "očikuvaty",
      "sense": "wait for an event",
      "word": "очікувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wait on"
}

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