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say it: WAY-ting
waiting is a noun and adjective meaning "the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)". It carries 2 recorded senses.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
“the wait was an ordeal for him”
being and remaining ready and available for use
“waiting cars and limousines lined the curb”
“found her mother waiting for them”
“an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests”
“military forces ready and waiting”
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 waiting 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.