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say it: wayt
wait is a verb and noun meaning "stay in one place and anticipate or expect something". It is pronounced /ˈweɪt/ — wayt. It carries 6 recorded senses.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
“I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets”
look forward to the probable occurrence of
“We were expecting a visit from our relatives”
“She is looking to a promotion”
“he is waiting to be drafted”
time during which some action is awaited
“instant replay caused too long a delay”
“he ordered a hold in the action”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
“the wait was an ordeal for him”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wait come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.