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# await

«await» in Mova's school dictionary: **to wait for something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (await, awaits, awaited, awaiting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To await is to wait for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#m1)

2) To await can mean to be ready or waiting for someone: A surprise awaits you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal or story word: «We await your reply» in letters, «Adventure awaits!» in stories. Everyday speech uses «wait for». Unlike «wait», «await» takes an object directly with no «for». Phrases: eagerly awaited, await results.

### examples

- We await your reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#x1)
- A big surprise awaits you at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#x2)
- The children eagerly awaited the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#x3)
- The results are still awaited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#x4)
- Danger awaited the explorers in the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#x5)
- (formal) Please await further instructions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/#x6)

### note

Say «await something» (no «for»), but «wait for something». «Await for» is wrong. Formal or story style.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «await» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.