awaited

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awaited  /ə ˈweɪ təd/ ? Meaning of "awaited"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) expected hopefully

Synonym(s)

hoped-for

Usage(s):

  1. Apple's long-awaited Lisa ushers in a new era of easy computing It actually looks a bit like a mouse, with its rounded corners, off-white color and thin wire tail.
  2. Two leather office chairs awaited the leaders in a cordoned-off section of a bland conference room upstairs.
  3. The beauty queen flap was low on the list of last-minute labor pains attending the long-awaited birth of Malaysia.

Quotes

  1. Mr Obama said: "Over the past several years I've had the honour to call Teddy a colleague, a counsellor and a friend and even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small measure of dread."
    on Aug 26, 2009 By: Barack Obama Source: Belfast Telegraph

  2. "Our ships and aircraft awaited country approval so they could act promptly to save thousands of lives -- approval of the kind granted by Indonesia immediately after the 2004 tsunami and by Bangladesh after a fierce cyclone just last November,"...
    on May 30, 2008 By: Robert Gates Source: The Age

  3. "The election is very crucial for the future of Somaliland," said President Dahir Riyale Kahin as he voted Saturday morning. "It a bridge to a long-awaited international recognition."
    on Jun 26, 2010 By: Dahir Rayale Kahin Source: The Associated Press

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