wachten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abode noun A place where someone lives; a home or dwelling.
- await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
- tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.
- wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.
- waiting noun The act of remaining somewhere until something happens.
Senses
wachten is used for these senses in English:
- abode (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.]
- await (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- await (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
- hold on (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- tarry (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
- wait (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- waiting The act of staying or remaining in expectation.