Definitions For Wait

noun

  • The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
  • Time during which some action is awaited
  • A period of time when you must wait

verb

  • Look forward to the probable occurrence of
  • Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
  • Stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
  • Wait before acting
  • To stay in a place until an expected event happens, until someone arrives, until it is your turn to do something, etc.
  • To not do something until something else happens
  • To remain in a state in which you expect or hope that something will happen soon

Is Wait a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
7

The word Wait is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Wait in a Sentence

  • I hate waiting in long lines.
  • They waited at the train station together.
  • You should have waited a little longer. He showed up right after you left.
  • There was a long wait for the manager to come and help us

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