Waiting

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈweɪtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of wait
• 1874, John Fiske, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, I. 122.In all ages, men have fought over words, without waiting to know what the words really signified.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 19, At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
2. Your guest has been waiting for you. progressive   Waiting for something to happen is part of the job. gerund   They hurried into the waiting car.'' participle used as adjective

Derived terms

• waiting game
• waiting room

Full definition of waiting

Noun

1. (obsolete) Watching.
2. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
• 1876, Richard Watson Gilder, The New Day, A Poem in Songs and SonnetsThere was an awful waiting in the earth,
  As if a mystery greatened to its birth.
3. Attendance, service.
• Eliot Middlemarch|36Green glasses for hock, and excellent waiting at table.

Derived terms

• in waiting