waiting

About 41.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of wait

   Your guest has been waiting for you. They hurried into the waiting car.

2. noun Watching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
3. noun The act of staying or remaining in expectation.

   Waiting for any news in a waiting room.

4. noun Attendance, service.

Similar words

ready ready and waiting biding await standby meantime sufferance delay patience suspense

Often followed by

for to in room on at until and time

Word family

wait waited waits