wait
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
time during which some action is awaited
instant replay caused too long a delay
Types & categories
- pause hypernym
- extension hyponym
- moratorium hyponym
- retardation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets
Types & categories
- ambush hyponym
- kick one's heels hyponym
- stick around hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
the wait was an ordeal for him
Types & categories
- inactivity hypernym
Related & opposite
- wait derivation
Sense 4 verb
wait before acting
the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
look forward to the probable occurrence of
We were expecting a visit from our relatives
Types & categories
- expect hyponym
- look forward hyponym
- look to hyponym
- hold the line hyponym
- look to hyponym
Related & opposite
- anticipation derivation
- waiter derivation
- expectation derivation
- anticipant derivation
- expect verb group
Sense 6 verb
serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's
Types & categories
- work hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retard |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | halt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wait |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delay |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pause |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extension |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moratorium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retardation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ambush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick one's heels |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick around |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wait |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wait |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | delay |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expectation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipant |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | expect |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | expect |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | look forward |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | look to |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold the line |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | look to |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | server |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | waitress |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |