Tra từ wait - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wait [wait waits waited waiting] verb, noun BrE [weɪt] NAmE [weɪt]
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to stay where you are or delay doing sth until sb/sth comes or sth happens
• She rang the bell and waited.
• The President agreed to speak to the waiting journalists.
•+ adv./prep. Have you been waiting long?
•I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.
•I'll wait outside until the meeting's over.
•~ for sb/sth Wait for me!
•~ for sb/sth to do sth We're waiting for the rain to stop before we go out.
•~ to do sth Hurry up! We're waiting to go.
•~ your turn You'll just have to wait your turn (= wait until your turn comes).
2. intransitive, transitive to hope or watch for sth to happen, especially for a long time
•~ (for sth) Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years.
• This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for.
•~ for sb/sth to do sth He's waiting for me to make a mistake.
•~ your chance I waited my chance and slipped out when no one was looking.
3. be waitingintransitive (of things)to be ready for sb to have or use
•~ (for sb) There's a letter waiting for you at home.
•~ to do sth The hotel had a taxi waiting to collect us.
4. intransitive to be left to be dealt with at a later time because it is not urgent
• I've got some calls to make but they can wait until tomorrow.
• I'm afraid this can't wait. It's very important.
more at wait for the dust to settle at ↑dust _n., (waiting) in the wings at ↑wing _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Northern French waitier, of Germanic origin; related to the verb ↑wake. Early senses included ‘lie in wait (for)’, ‘observe carefully’, and ‘be watchful’.

Example Bank:
•He waited patiently while she got ready.
•Hey! Wait a minute! I'll come with you!
•I can hardly wait for my holiday!
•I can't wait to see their new baby.
•I could hardly wait for the weekend.
•I had to wait in line at the bank.
•I waited with bated breath for what would happen next.
•I'm waiting for a bus.
•She had to wait a long time for the right man to come along.
•Their parents waited anxiously for news.
•They waited in vain for a response.
•We can't wait forever.
•We simply cannot afford to wait any longer.
•We'll have to wait until it stops raining.
•We'll wait and see what the weather's like before we make a decision.
•You might have to wait a while before you get an answer.
•You'll have to wait until you're older.
•You'll have to wait your turn. These people all come before you.
•You'll just have to wait and see what you present is.
•He's waiting for me to make a mistake.
•Hurry up! We're waiting to go.
•I'll wait outside until the meeting's over.
•I'm afraid this can't wait. It's very important.
•I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.
•I've got some calls to make but they can wait until tomorrow.
•The team had waited for success for eighteen years.
•This is just the opportunity I've been waiting for.
•We're waiting for the rain to stop before we go out.
•You'll just have to wait your turn.
Idioms: I/they can't wait hardly wait ▪ ↑a disaster waiting to happen ▪ ↑keep somebody waiting ▪ ↑wait a minute ▪ ↑wait and see ▪ ↑wait at table ▪ ↑wait for it ▪ ↑wait on somebody hand and foot ▪ ↑wait tables ▪ wait till ▪ ↑what are we waiting for? ▪ ↑what are you waiting for? ▪ ↑you wait
Derived: ↑wait about ▪ ↑wait behind ▪ ↑wait in ▪ ↑wait on somebody ▪ ↑wait something out ▪ ↑wait up

noun usually singular ~ (for sb/sth)
an act of waiting; an amount of time waited
• We had a long wait for the bus.
• He now faces an agonizing two-month wait for the test results.
•It took six months for the house to be finished, but it was worth the wait.
see lie in wait at ↑lie _v.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old Northern French waitier, of Germanic origin; related to the verb ↑wake. Early senses included ‘lie in wait (for)’, ‘observe carefully’, and ‘be watchful’.

Example Bank:
•The dress was so beautiful when it arrived that it was well worth the wait.
•We had a long wait to see the doctor.
•a short wait for an ambulance