Definitions for awaits

awaits a·wait

Spelling: [uh-weyt]
IPA: /əˈweɪt/

Awaits is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in awaits (aaistw).

Definitions for awaits

verb (used with object)

  1. to wait for; expect; look for:
  2. to be in store for; be imminent:
  3. Obsolete. to lie in wait for.

verb (used without object)

  1. to wait, as in expectation.

Origin of awaits

1200-50; Middle English awaiten Old North French awaitier, equivalent to a- a-5 + waitier to wait

Examples for awaits

Having stabled the horses as I was bidden, I came back here to await them.

But Posthumus will not await the proof for which he has asked.

Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.

The pyramids of Meroe await a day when stability will allow outsiders to peek at a forgotten ancient kingdom.

They are being held in a prison in Sicily and await judicial action.

Both will afford me encouragement and support in the vicissitudes which yet await me.

The officers warned my cowering Oma (grandma) what might await the cousin if she ever did return.

I stopped, thinking that as good a place as any to await developments.

They will be subjected to inquisition, and will await resurrection in the grave like any normal Muslim.

And now, they await a potential appeals process while continuing to chip away at piles of litigation.

Word Value for awaits
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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