0 past simple and past participle of wait --
1 to allow time to go by, especially while staying in one place without doing very much, until someone comes, until something that you are expecting happens or until you can do something: --
The raven went ahead of him, dug a hole in the ground with his left foot and waited for the boy.
The place has waited for a long time and continues to wait.
Almost all of the couples interviewed waited to complete their education before marriage.
On weekends, long queues waited in the hot sun for the two rides.
Very often and in many spheres it has been the case - in previous years as well - that individuals have simply waited for orders and instructions.
Those of us who have taught the histories, societies and cultures of the region have long waited for a reference work like this.
At the end of the year in 1993 and 1994, only about 3,500 patients had waited longer than 3 months for one of these procedures.
In 1996-97 about 13,000 patients had waited longer than 3 months for one of the selected procedures (21).
