wait — İngilizce Sözlük

Fiil

1. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

   ÇeviriBir olay veya zamana kadar hareketi ya da eylemi ertelemek; ilgilenilmeden veya hazır durumda kalmak.

   Kullanım

   • geçişsiz

   Örnekler

   Please wait here until I return.

   Wait here until your car arrives.

   I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..

   Diğer örnekler (4)

   They also serve who only stand and wait.

   Haste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.

   No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.

2. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.

   ÇeviriMasalara servis yapmak; restoranda veya başka bir yemek işletmesinde müşterilere hizmet vermek.

   Kullanım

   • ABD kullanımı
   • geçişsiz
   • stative

   Örnekler

   She waits tables at a café.

   She used to wait in this joint.

3. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

   Kullanım

   • arkaik
   • geçişli

   Örnekler

   to wait one’s turn

   Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.

4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

   Kullanım

   • kullanımdan kalkmış
   • geçişli

   Örnekler

   He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.

   Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.

5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.

   Kullanım

   • kullanımdan kalkmış

6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).

   Kullanım

   • konuşma dili
   • kullanımdan kalkmış

   Örnekler

   Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.

7. To watch with malicious intent; to lie in wait

   Kullanım

   • kullanımdan kalkmış

8. To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.

   Kullanım

   • geçişsiz

   Örnekler

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, "When will I see you again?" He answered, "I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me."

   I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime

İsim

1. A delay.

   ÇeviriBekleme; gecikme.

   Örnekler

   There was a long wait at the station.

   I had a very long wait at the airport security check.

2. An ambush.

   Örnekler

   They lay in wait for the patrol.

   an enemy in wait

3. One who watches; a watchman.

   Kullanım

   • kullanımdan kalkmış

4. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

   Kullanım

   • Britanya kullanımı
   • in-plural
   • kullanımdan kalkmış

   Örnekler

   […]as he returned home to his owne house, the waits should sound the hautboies all the way

5. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.

   Kullanım

   • Britanya kullanımı
   • in-plural

   Örnekler

   Hark! are the waits abroad?

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.

   […] the waits begin their rounds, and going from house to house, […] they sing carols and Christmas hymns until […] another Christmas-day has dawned.[…]

Ünlem

1. Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow clarification.

   ÇeviriÇoğunlukla açıklama yapabilmek için karşıdaki kişiden konuşmayı, yazmayı vb. kısa süreliğine durdurmasını ister.

   Kullanım

   • gayriresmî

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   hold onwait a minutejust a minute

   Örnekler

   Wait, which address do you mean?

   - And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?

İsim

1. time during which some action is awaited

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   delayholdtime lagpostponement

   Daha genel terimler

   pauseintermissionbreakinterruptionsuspension

   Örnekler

   instant replay caused too long a delay

   he ordered a hold in the action

2. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   waiting

   Daha genel terimler

   inactivity

   Örnekler

   the wait was an ordeal for him

Fiil

1. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

   Daha genel terimler

   expectlookawaitstaystickstick aroundstay putremainpersist

   Örnekler

   I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets

2. wait before acting

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   hold offhold back

   Daha genel terimler

   actmove

   Örnekler

   the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment

3. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   expectlookawait

   Daha genel terimler

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Örnekler

   We were expecting a visit from our relatives

   She is looking to a promotion

   Diğer örnekler (1)

   he is waiting to be drafted

4. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   waitress

   Daha genel terimler

   work

   Örnekler

   I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's