1. глагол 1) ждать, выжидать, переждать Например: They waited for me. — Они ждали меня. They waited for me to leave. — Они ждали, когда я уйду. They waited until she returned. — Они ждали до тех пор, пока она не вернулась. 2) прислуживать, обслуживать (за столом и т. п.); быть официантом Например: to wait on somebody (at table) — обслуживать посетителей ресторана, прислуживать за столом 3) (wait up(on)) прислуживать, служить Например: They all wait on the king. — Они все служат королю. 4) [литературно-книжное] а) сопровождать, провожать б) сопутствовать (кому-либо) Например: May success wait upon you! — Да сопутствует вам успех! 5) откладывать Например: This work will be waited. — Эта работа будет отложена. 6) (wait (up)on) являться результатом (чего-либо) Например: His whole future waits on the results of the examinations. — Его будущее полностью зависит от результатов экзаменов. Success waits on effort. — Успех требует усилий. 7) (wait (up)on) [устаревшее] наносить визит, являться к (кому-либо) Например: Our representative will wait on you in the morning. — Наш представитель зайдёт к вам утром. 2. имя существительное 1) ожидание; время ожидания Например: We had a long wait for the bus. — Мы долго ждали автобуса. 2) засада; выжидание Например: to lay wait for somebody — подстеречь кого-либо; устроить кому-либо засаду to lie in wait — быть в засаде, поджидать Синоним(ы): ambush, temporizing 3) (waits) [британский вариант английского языка] а) [историческое] музыканты, нанимаемые для городских парадов, празднеств и т. п. б) [устаревшее] певцы, ходящие с песнями по домам на Рождество, христославы Синоним(ы): caroler
1) ожидание Например: wait mode — режим ожидания 2) глагол ждать, ожидать, дожидаться
[вычислительная техника] ожидание; ожидать
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French waiter, guaiter to watch over, await, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wahta watch, Old English wæccan to watch — more at wake transitive verb 1. to stay in place in expectation of; await Example: waited the result of the advertisement — W. M. Thackeray Example: wait your turn 2. to delay serving (a meal) 3. to serve as waiter for Example: wait tables intransitive verb 1. a. to remain stationary in readiness or expectation Example: wait for a train b. to pause for another to catch up — usually used with up 2. a. to look forward expectantly Example: just waiting to see his rival lose b. to hold back expectantly Example: waiting for a chance to strike 3. to serve at meals — usually used in such phrases as wait on tables or wait on table 4. a. to be ready and available Example: slippers waiting by the bed b. to remain temporarily neglected or unrealized Example: the chores can wait Usage: American dialectologists have evidence showing wait on (sense 3) to be more a Southern than a Northern form in speech. Handbook writers universally denigrate wait on and prescribe wait for in writing. Our evidence from printed sources does not show a regional preference; it does show that the handbooks' advice is not based on current usage Example: settlement of the big problems still waited on Russia — Time Example: I couldn't make out…whether Harper was waiting on me for approval — E. B. White Example: the staggering bill that waited on them at the white commissary downtown — Maya Angelou. One reason for the continuing use of wait on may lie in its being able to suggest protracted or irritating waits better than wait for Example: for two days I've been waiting on weather — Charles A. Lindbergh Example: the boredom of black Africans sitting there, waiting on the whims of a colonial bureaucracy — Vincent Canby Example: doesn't care to sit around waiting on a House that's virtually paralyzed — Glenn A. Briere. Wait on is less common than wait for, but if it seems natural, there is no reason to avoid it. II. noun Etymology: Middle English waite watchman, observation, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wahta watch 1. a. a hidden or concealed position — used chiefly in the expression lie in wait b. a state or attitude of watchfulness and expectancy Example: anchored in wait for early morning fishing — Fred Zimmer 2. a. one of a band of public musicians in England employed to play for processions or public entertainments b. (1) one of a group who serenade for gratuities especially at the Christmas season (2) a piece of music by such a group 3. an act or period of waiting Example: a long wait in line