Waits synonyms and antonyms
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Part of speech:
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
(Archaic) Lameness
The definition of await is you are expecting or ready for something.
To seem or appear to be:
To look for as due, proper, or necessary
To dwell, remain, reside, or stay.
To wait for; to stay or stop for.
Prone to halting or hesitation.
To stand still; stop; halt
(Law) To deliver or present (a process of the court, such as a summons or court order) in a manner prescribed by law to a person who is legally entitled to receive it or legally required to obey it.
(Intransitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
To stay while others go
To put off doing (something unpleasant or burdensome) until a future time; esp., to postpone (such actions) habitually
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To cause or arrange for (an event) to take place at a time later than the time at which it was originally supposed to happen.
To pause is defined as to stop for a brief period of time.
To stop because of indecision; pause or delay in acting, choosing, or deciding because of feeling unsure; waver
To defer is defined as to delay something until later or to give into someone else.
To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy.
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Court means to pay attention to someone to get something or to seek someone for marriage or dating.
To attend to the wants or needs of.
To remain ready to serve; wait.
To think, speak, or write about a matter in advance.
Ambush means to attack by surprise.
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
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Ready is defined as to prepare or make available.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
Deliver is defined as to bring to someone or to give birth.
To pass (time) without doing anything:
To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with:
To cease for a period; delay.
To shelve is to put something, especially books, onto a shelf or resting place, or to put something aside.
To briefly delay, suspend, or postpone a court proceeding. See also continuance.
A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.
A manner of grasping an opponent, as in wrestling or aikido:
The period of time between; meantime
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acts (antonym)
A performance or entertainment usually forming part of a longer presentation:
goes (antonym)
To be discarded or abolished:
forwards (antonym)
In or toward the future:
forges (antonym)
To move forward steadily, as if against difficulties
hurries (antonym)
To move or act with speed or haste.
leaves (antonym)
To set out or depart; go:
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continuations (antonym)
The act or fact of beginning again after stopping; resumption:
surprises (related)
To elicit or detect through surprise:
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