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{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "act"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "grasp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "grasp the nettle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "jump at the chance"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "jump on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "go it blind"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
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"word": "jump the gun"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
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"word": "shoot first and ask questions later"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
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"word": "shoot from the hip"
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"word": "accident waiting to happen"
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"word": "all things come to those who wait"
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"word": "can't wait"
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"word": "can wait"
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"word": "disaster waiting to happen"
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"word": "good things come to those who wait"
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"word": "hurry up and wait"
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"word": "just you wait"
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"word": "lady-in-waiting"
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"word": "lady in waiting"
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"word": "sit-and-wait predator"
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"word": "time and tide wait for no man"
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"word": "wait-a-bit"
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"word": "wait-and-see"
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"word": "wait and see"
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"word": "wait around"
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"word": "wait-a-while"
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"word": "waiter"
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"word": "wait for"
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"word": "wait for Godot"
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{
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"word": "wait for it"
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{
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"word": "wait for the ball to drop"
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{
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"word": "wait for the cat to jump"
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{
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"word": "wait for the other shoe to drop"
},
{
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"word": "waiting list"
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{
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"word": "waiting maid"
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{
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"word": "waiting move"
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{
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"word": "waiting room"
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{
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"word": "waiting staff"
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{
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"word": "waiting to happen"
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{
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"word": "wait in the wings"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wait-list"
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"word": "wait on"
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{
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"word": "wait one's turn"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wait on someone hand and foot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wait on tables"
},
{
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"word": "wait out"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waitperson"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waitress"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waitron"
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{
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"word": "wait staff"
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{
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"word": "wait state"
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{
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"word": "wait tables"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wait till the clouds roll by"
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{
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"word": "wait up"
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{
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"word": "wait upon hand and foot"
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{
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"word": "watch and wait"
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{
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"word": "watchful waiting"
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{
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"word": "what are you waiting for"
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "waiten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English waiten",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "waiter"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman waiter",
"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "fro",
"2": "waitier"
},
"expansion": "waitier",
"name": "m"
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{
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"2": "guetter"
},
"expansion": "French guetter",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "gaitier"
},
"expansion": "Old French gaitier",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"3": "*wahtwēn",
"t": "to watch, guard"
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"name": "der"
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"t": "guard, watch"
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"name": "der"
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"3": "*wahtwō",
"t": "guard, watch"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weǵ-",
"t": "to be fresh, cheerful, awake"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)",
"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "wahtēn",
"3": "",
"4": "to watch, guard"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "wachten",
"3": "",
"4": "to wait"
},
"expansion": "German Low German wachten (“to wait”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wachten",
"3": "",
"4": "to wait, expect"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "guetter",
"3": "",
"4": "to watch out for"
},
"expansion": "French guetter (“to watch out for”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "wachtje",
"3": "",
"4": "to wait"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "wachtsje",
"t": "to wait"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "wachtjen",
"3": "",
"4": "to stand, stay put"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "watch"
},
"expansion": "watch",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "waiten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English waiten",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "weiten",
"t": "to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare"
},
"expansion": "weiten (“to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "veita",
"t": "to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse veita (“to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*waitijaną",
"t": "to show, guide, advise, direct"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to show, guide, advise, direct”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
"t": "to see, know"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "biden"
},
"expansion": "Middle English biden",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bīdan"
},
"expansion": "Old English bīdan",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Cognate with Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”), German Low German wachten (“to wait”), Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”), French guetter (“to watch out for”), Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”), West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”), North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”). More at watch.\nIn some senses, merged or influenced by Middle English waiten, weiten (“to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare”), from Old Norse veita (“to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to show, guide, advise, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).\nLargely overtook native Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan.",
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"form": "waits",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "waiting",
"tags": [
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "waited",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "waited",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"expansion": "wait (third-person singular simple present waits, present participle waiting, simple past and past participle waited)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cool one's heels"
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kick one's heels"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"tags": [
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"word": "wait for"
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"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "deferment"
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"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "procrastinate"
}
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"name": "English terms with collocations",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "to wait one’s turn"
},
{
"ref": "1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 30",
"text": "The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)"
],
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],
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"(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)"
],
"tags": [
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"transitive"
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Wait here until your car arrives.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1948 March and April, “Notes and News: London Transport Plans”, in Railway Magazine, page 132",
"text": "The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness."
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[
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[
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"action"
],
[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness."
],
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"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "hold one's breath"
}
],
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "wag"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "pres"
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{
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"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "Claw5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp-Claw5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp Wiggle-Wiggle",
"sense": "delay until some event"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "mäṭäbäḳ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "መጠበቅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "intaẓara",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "اِنْتَظَرَ"
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{
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
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"word": "استنى"
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{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "astanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
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"word": "استنى"
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{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "antaẓar",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
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"word": "انتظر"
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{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tsanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
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"word": "تسنى"
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{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "stanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
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"word": "ستنى"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕāyen",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "عاين"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spasel",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "սպասել"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ashteptu"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "saper",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ܣܵܦܹܪ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "gözləmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "kötöw",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "көтөү"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čakácʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чака́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pačakácʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пачака́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ždacʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ждаць"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "opekkha kora",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "অপেক্ষা করা"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čákam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ча́кам"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "očakvam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "очаквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "caung.",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "စောင့်"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "hulat"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dang²",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "等"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "dɨn",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "дын"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "děng",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "等"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "děngdài",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "等待"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dài",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "待"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hòu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "候"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čekat"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vente"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "wachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "afwachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "atendi"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ootama"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "eve",
"lang": "Even",
"roman": "alat-",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "алат-"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "alat-",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "алат-"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "lala"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bíða"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "odottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "attendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "patienter"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spietâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "agardar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "mentrexar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "asittà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ambarà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dalodeba",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "დალოდება"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "warten"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "beite"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "beidan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "periméno",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "περιμένω"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prosdékhomai",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "προσδέχομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ménō",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "μένω"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "tann"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "kali"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khiká",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "חיכה \\ חִכָּה"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "himtín",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "הִמְתִּין"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "intzār karnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "इंतज़ार करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vár"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bíða"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vartar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguray"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "menunggu"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "fan"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spattà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "attendere"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"alt": "まつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matsu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "待つ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kütu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "күту"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tosu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "тосу"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ចាំ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔng cam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "រងចាំ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidarida",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "기다리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daegihada",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "대기하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "qarawullamaq",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "къаравулламакъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "qaramaq",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "къарамакъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "gözlemek",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "гёзлемек"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çawerrê kirdin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "چاوەڕێ کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kütüü",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "күтүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "asperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "löö",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ລໍ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lǭ thā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ລໍຖ້າ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "gaideit"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "expectō"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "exspectō"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "opperior"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "gaidīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "laukti"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spettà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "waarden"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čéka",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "че́ка"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "menunggu"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "stenna"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "whanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "tatari"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vāṭ pāhṇe",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "वाट पाहणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vāṭ baghṇe",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "वाट बघणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xüleex",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "хүлээх"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "gld",
"lang": "Nanai",
"roman": "halači-",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "халачи-"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspettà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "parkhanu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "पर्खनु"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "attendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vuordit"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vente"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "venta"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "žĭdati",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жьдати"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "čekati",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чекати"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "žĭdati",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Glagolitic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ⰶⱐⰴⰰⱅⰻ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bīdan"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ġebīdan"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "zlw-opl",
"lang": "Old Polish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "żdać"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "entezãristᶕl",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "انتظارايستل"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "montazer šodan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "منتظر شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sabr kardan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "صبر کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "entezâr dâštan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "انتظار داشتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâysâdan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "وایسادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "czekać"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "oczekiwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "suyay"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "suyai"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "şuyai"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aștepta"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spetgar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždatʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ждать"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podoždátʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подожда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ožidátʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ожида́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čekátʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Russia",
"Southern",
"Ukraine",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чека́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pratīkṣate",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "प्रतीक्षते"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "abettài"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "agguardai"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspettài"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "appelidare"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "appittu"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "isettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "ispettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aipittà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aisittà"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aisitt'"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чекати"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čekati"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čakať"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čakati"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "sugid"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čakać"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "wakti"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vänta"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bida"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "maghintay"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muntazir šudan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "мунтазир шудан"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "kötärgä",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "көтәргә"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rɔɔ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "รอ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sgug",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "སྒུག"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "phebs sgug zhu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "ཕེབས་སྒུག་ཞུ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "beklemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "garaşmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čekáty",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чека́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ždáty",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жда́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "očíkuvaty",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "очі́кувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "intazār karnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "انتظار کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muntazir honā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "منتظر ہونا"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sabr karnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "صبر کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭhaharnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ٹھہرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "kütmek",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "كۈتمەك"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "kutmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "đợi"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "chờ"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "chờ đợi"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "stebedön"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ratinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "rawårder"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "atinde"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aros"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vartn",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "וואַרטן"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vende"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "pawen"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 45 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "poşeyen"
}
]
},
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{
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"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"text": "She used to wait in this joint.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment."
],
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[
"wait tables",
"wait tables"
],
[
"restaurant",
"restaurant"
],
[
"eating",
"eating"
],
[
"establishment",
"establishment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment."
],
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{
"_dis1": "8 2 65 4 4 0 15 2",
"sense": "serve customers",
"word": "wait on"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 65 4 4 0 15 2",
"sense": "serve customers",
"word": "wait upon"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 65 4 4 0 15 2",
"sense": "serve customers",
"word": "serve"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"intransitive",
"stative"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spasarkel",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "սպասարկել"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "sirvir"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obslúžvam",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслу́жвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "serviram",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "сервирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "企檯"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"alt": "kei⁵ toi⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "企台"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "obsluhovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "tarjoilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "faire le service"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "servíro",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "σερβίρω"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servire a tavola"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ueitā o suru",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ウエイターをする"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ueitoresu o suru",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ウエイトレスをする"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sijungdeulda",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "시중들다"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seobiseuhada",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "서비스하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "apkalpot"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slúži",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слу́жи"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kelnerować"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obsługiwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obsłużyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "a servi masa"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslúživatʹ",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслу́живать"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslužítʹ",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обслужи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "ser camarero"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 71 3 3 0 12 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "bötön"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore",
"text": "Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect."
],
"id": "en-wait-en-verb-E0BrEZ1v",
"links": [
[
"attend",
"attend"
],
[
"accompany",
"accompany"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "12 4 10 46 21 2 2 4",
"sense": "attend with ceremony or respect",
"word": "bestand"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany."
],
"id": "en-wait-en-verb-n7UHHeIh",
"links": [
[
"follow",
"follow"
],
[
"accompany",
"accompany"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "7 2 6 12 68 1 1 2",
"sense": "attend as a consequence",
"word": "attend"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 6 12 68 1 1 2",
"sense": "attend as a consequence",
"word": "escort"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 2 6 12 68 1 1 2",
"sense": "attend as a consequence",
"word": "go with"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 185",
"text": "Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To defer or postpone (especially a meal)."
],
"id": "en-wait-en-verb-p5hipYDx",
"links": [
[
"defer",
"defer"
],
[
"postpone",
"postpone"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, colloquial) To defer or postpone (especially a meal)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "13 15 5 2 2 59 2 2",
"sense": "defer or postpone",
"word": "defer"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait"
],
"id": "en-wait-en-verb-SlePB5Tg",
"links": [
[
"malicious",
"malicious"
],
[
"lie in wait",
"lie in wait"
]
],
"qualifier": "except in phrases",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, except in phrases) To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1957, Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia, Ayn Rand's, Atlas Shrugged",
"text": "She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, \"When will I see you again?\" He answered, \"I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1974, The Bee Gees, Night Fever",
"text": "I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence."
],
"id": "en-wait-en-verb-CzLznrM9",
"links": [
[
"faithful",
"faithful"
],
[
"partner",
"partner"
],
[
"betrothed",
"betrothed"
],
[
"prolonged",
"prolonged"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/weɪt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[weɪ̯ʔt]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪt"
},
{
"homophone": "weight"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wait.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/En-us-wait.ogg/En-us-wait.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/En-us-wait.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-to wait.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-uk-to_wait.ogg/En-uk-to_wait.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-uk-to_wait.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "37 40 3 2 2 12 2 2",
"sense": "delay until",
"word": "await"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "serve"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tend"
},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "back that train up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "bide"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "expect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold one's horses"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold one's water"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "mark time"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "stand by"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "stay"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "twiddle one's thumbs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
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},
{
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],
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "wait-list"
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{
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{
"word": "wait one's turn"
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{
"word": "wait on someone hand and foot"
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{
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{
"word": "wait out"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "wait tables"
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{
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"ref": "1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 30",
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"ref": "1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore",
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"ref": "1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 185",
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"ref": "1957, Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia, Ayn Rand's, Atlas Shrugged",
"text": "She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, \"When will I see you again?\" He answered, \"I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me.\"",
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"ref": "1974, The Bee Gees, Night Fever",
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"sense": "delay until",
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{
"sense": "attend as a consequence",
"word": "go with"
},
{
"sense": "defer or postpone",
"word": "defer"
},
{
"word": "postpone"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "waight"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "abide"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "back that train up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "bide"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "bide one's time"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "expect"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hang on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold one's horses"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold one's water"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "hold out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "mark time"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "stand by"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "stay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "twiddle one's thumbs"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:wait",
"word": "wait"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "wag"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "pres"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "Claw5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp-Claw5@InsideTrunkhigh-PalmUp Wiggle-Wiggle",
"sense": "delay until some event"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "mäṭäbäḳ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "መጠበቅ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "intaẓara",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "اِنْتَظَرَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "استنى"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "astanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "استنى"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "antaẓar",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "انتظر"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tsanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "تسنى"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "stanna",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "ستنى"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕāyen",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "عاين"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spasel",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "սպասել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ashteptu"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "saper",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ܣܵܦܹܪ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "gözləmək"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "kötöw",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "көтөү"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čakácʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чака́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pačakácʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пачака́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ždacʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ждаць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "opekkha kora",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "অপেক্ষা করা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čákam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ча́кам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "očakvam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "очаквам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "caung.",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "စောင့်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar-se"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "hulat"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "dang²",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "等"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "dɨn",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "дын"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "děng",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "等"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "děngdài",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "等待"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dài",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "待"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hòu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "候"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čekat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vente"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "wachten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "afwachten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "atendi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ootama"
},
{
"code": "eve",
"lang": "Even",
"roman": "alat-",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "алат-"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "alat-",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "алат-"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "lala"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bíða"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "odottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "attendre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "patienter"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spietâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "agardar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "mentrexar"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "asittà"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ambarà"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dalodeba",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "დალოდება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "warten"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "beite"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "beidan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "periméno",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "περιμένω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prosdékhomai",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "προσδέχομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ménō",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "μένω"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "tann"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "kali"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khiká",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "חיכה \\ חִכָּה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "himtín",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "הִמְתִּין"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "intzār karnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "इंतज़ार करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vár"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bíða"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vartar"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguray"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "menunggu"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "fan"
},
{
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spattà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspettare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "attendere"
},
{
"alt": "まつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "matsu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "待つ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kütu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "күту"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tosu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "тосу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ចាំ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔng cam",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "រងចាំ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidarida",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "기다리다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daegihada",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "대기하다"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "qarawullamaq",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "къаравулламакъ"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "qaramaq",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "къарамакъ"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "gözlemek",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "гёзлемек"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çawerrê kirdin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "چاوەڕێ کردن"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kütüü",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "күтүү"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "asperar"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "löö",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ລໍ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lǭ thā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ລໍຖ້າ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "gaideit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "expectō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "exspectō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "opperior"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "gaidīt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "laukti"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spettà"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "waarden"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čéka",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "че́ка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "menunggu"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "stenna"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "whanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "tatari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "tatari"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vāṭ pāhṇe",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "वाट पाहणे"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vāṭ baghṇe",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "वाट बघणे"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xüleex",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "хүлээх"
},
{
"code": "gld",
"lang": "Nanai",
"roman": "halači-",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "халачи-"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspettà"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "parkhanu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "पर्खनु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "attendre"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vuordit"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vente"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "venta"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "žĭdati",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жьдати"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "čekati",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чекати"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "žĭdati",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Glagolitic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ⰶⱐⰴⰰⱅⰻ"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bīdan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ġebīdan"
},
{
"code": "zlw-opl",
"lang": "Old Polish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "żdać"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "entezãristᶕl",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "انتظارايستل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "montazer šodan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "منتظر شدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sabr kardan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "صبر کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "entezâr dâštan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "انتظار داشتن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâysâdan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "وایسادن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "czekać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "oczekiwać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "suyay"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "suyai"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "şuyai"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aștepta"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spetgar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždatʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ждать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podoždátʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подожда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ožidátʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ожида́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čekátʹ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Russia",
"Southern",
"Ukraine",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чека́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pratīkṣate",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "प्रतीक्षते"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "abettài"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "agguardai"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspettài"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "appelidare"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "appittu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "isettare"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "ispettare"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aipittà"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aisittà"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aisitt'"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чекати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čekati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čakať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čakati"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "sugid"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "čakać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aguardar"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "wakti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vänta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "bida"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "maghintay"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muntazir šudan",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "мунтазир шудан"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "kötärgä",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "көтәргә"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rɔɔ",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "รอ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "sgug",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "སྒུག"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "phebs sgug zhu",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "ཕེབས་སྒུག་ཞུ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "beklemek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "garaşmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čekáty",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чека́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ždáty",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жда́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "očíkuvaty",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "очі́кувати"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "intazār karnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "انتظار کرنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muntazir honā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "منتظر ہونا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sabr karnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "صبر کرنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ṭhaharnā",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ٹھہرنا"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "kütmek",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "كۈتمەك"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "kutmoq"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aspetar"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "spetar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "đợi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "chờ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "chờ đợi"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "stebedön"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "ratinde"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "rawårder"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "atinde"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "aros"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vartn",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "וואַרטן"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "vende"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "pawen"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "pawen"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "delay until some event",
"word": "poşeyen"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "spasarkel",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "սպասարկել"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "sirvir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obslúžvam",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслу́жвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "serviram",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "сервирам"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "企檯"
},
{
"alt": "kei⁵ toi⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "企台"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "obsluhovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "tarjoilla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "faire le service"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "servíro",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "σερβίρω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servire a tavola"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ueitā o suru",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ウエイターをする"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ueitoresu o suru",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ウエイトレスをする"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sijungdeulda",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "시중들다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seobiseuhada",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "서비스하다"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "apkalpot"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slúži",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слу́жи"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kelnerować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obsługiwać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obsłużyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "a servi masa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslúživatʹ",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслу́живать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslužítʹ",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обслужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "ser camarero"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to serve customers",
"word": "bötön"
}
],
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"Wait (disambiguation)"
],
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}
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{
"word": "lying in wait"
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{
"word": "wait unemployment"
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"3": "",
"4": "to wait"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "wachten",
"3": "",
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{
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"2": "guetter",
"3": "",
"4": "to watch out for"
},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "wachtje",
"3": "",
"4": "to wait"
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},
{
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},
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to stand, stay put"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
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"name": "l"
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "waiten"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "biden"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bīdan"
},
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"name": "ncog"
}
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}
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had a very long wait at the airport security check."
}
],
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"links": [
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]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "They lay in wait for the patrol."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An ambush."
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"ambush",
"ambush"
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]
},
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"word": "wait state"
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],
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"Short for wait state."
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"(computing) Short for wait state."
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"physical-sciences",
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]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"One who watches; a watchman."
],
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"(obsolete) One who watches; a watchman."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians."
],
"links": [
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"Hautboys",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the plural, obsolete, UK) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"in-plural",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon\nThe sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony."
}
],
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"Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]",
"Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen."
],
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[
"waites",
"waites"
],
[
"wayghtes",
"wayghtes"
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],
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"(in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]"
],
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"UK",
"in-plural"
]
}
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"ipa": "/weɪt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
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{
"ipa": "[weɪ̯ʔt]",
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"General-American"
]
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{
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},
{
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"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"UK"
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}
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "očakvane",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "очакване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espera"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "odotus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espera"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "Warten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "attesa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "machi",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "待ち"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gidarim",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "기다림"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čekanje",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "чекање"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "isčekuvnje",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "исчекувње"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espera"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ožidánije",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "a delay",
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{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "aspettu"
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{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
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},
{
"code": "sc",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "a delay",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a delay",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "väntan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a delay",
"word": "paghihintay"
}
],
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"Wait (disambiguation)"
],
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}
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{
"word": "wait a minute"
}
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"name": "root"
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{
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"3": "",
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{
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"3": "",
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},
{
"args": {
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"3": "",
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{
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"3": "",
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{
"args": {
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"2": "wachtje",
"3": "",
"4": "to wait"
},
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{
"args": {
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"t": "to wait"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"3": "",
"4": "to stand, stay put"
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "watch"
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"name": "l"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "waiten"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "weiten",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "non",
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "biden"
},
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"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bīdan"
},
"expansion": "Old English bīdan",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
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}
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"text": "Wait. Stop talking for a moment while I get my head straight.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment."
],
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"(informal) Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment."
],
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"informal"
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},
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"ipa": "/weɪt/",
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"General-American"
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"General-American"
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"homophone": "weight"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/En-us-wait.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-uk-to_wait.ogg",
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}
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"Wait (disambiguation)"
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}
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