Comprehensive
Dictionary Suite
Help
Help
Help
Advanced Dictionary      
Lookup History
waiting

wait·ing

waiting

 
pronunciation:
weI tIng
parts of speech:
noun, adjective
features:
Word Combinations (noun, adjective)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act of a person or thing that waits.
definition 2: the duration of a delay; interval; pause.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)waiting anxious, asleep, cavernous, celestial, colored, coronary, cramped, crowded, dental, empty, endless, fed, hardest, impatient, interminable, lengthy, long, mandatory, nondescript, patient, plush, restless, season-ticket, still, surgical, watchful  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)waiting crowd, enter, pace, sit, waive, wander
(n.)waiting + verb hug, list
noun + (n.)waiting Help airport, applicant, backlog, chair, clinic, couch, dentist, doctor, hospital, hour, nurse, transplant, wait
 
part of speech: adjective
definition: serving.
a hotel with a large waiting staff
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)waiting outside
(adj.)waiting + noun ambulance, area, arm, background, boat, bus, cab, car, carriage, cart, cop, craft, crew, crowd, cruiser, elevator, entry, game, gate, guard, gurney, handgun, hearse, helicopter, jet, limo, limousine, line, list, palm, passenger, period, platform, purchase, room, sedan, silence, taxi, throng, time, train, treatment, truck, van, vehicle [See all][See only the most frequent]