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waiting
[ wey-ting ]
adjective
- serving or being in attendance:
waiting man;
waiting maid;
waiting woman.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲiԲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- in waiting, in attendance, as upon a royal personage.
Example Sentences
Long waiting times to access specialist support, especially for children and young people were highlighted during a recent consultation, which also found that those from certain economic or ethnic minority backgrounds were disadvantaged.
Almost two years after Alan was killed, his family is still waiting, if not for compensation, at least for acknowledgement from the KRG.
"I had several factories preparing to begin operations here this May. But because of the policy change, all have stopped and everyone is waiting."
Dame Andrea said she had seen people waiting three or four years to receive a diagnosis for a child, "by which time they're going into secondary education and they're way behind."
Promoters Frank Warren and Alex Krassyuk sat on the top table for around half an hour, patiently waiting for the fighters.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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