ожидать — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
• bide verb To wait patiently for the right moment.
• expect verb To believe that something will happen.
• wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.

Senses

ожидать is used for these senses in English:

• abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
• 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.
• be in for (idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
• bide (intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
• plan on To expect; to anticipate future actions based on.
• wait (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

abide — full definition

1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

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