odottaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
- block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- expect verb To believe that something will happen.
- look verb To direct one's eyes toward something in order to see it.
- look at phrasal verb To direct your eyes towards something or someone in order to see it.
- slate noun A fine-grained gray rock that splits easily into thin flat sheets, often used for roofing.
- tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.
- tend verb To be likely to behave, happen, or turn out in a particular way.
- wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.
Senses
odottaa is used for these senses in English:
- abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
- anticipate (transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
- anticipate (transitive) To eagerly wait for (something)
- await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- block (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- hang on (mostly, imperative) To wait a moment.
- hold on (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- hold out (idiomatic, often, with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)
abide — full definition
- verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
- verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.
anticipate — full definition
- verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.