(v5t,vt,vi) (1) to wait
(2) to await
to look forward to
to anticipate
(3) (usu. in negative form) to depend on
to need
(P)
(exp) to wait for a favorable chance
to wait for a favourable chance
(exp) to wait for a long time
to wait and wait
(exp) to wait expectantly
to await in anticipation
(exp) (id) A watched pot never boils
(v5t) to wait expectantly
to wait with a craned (outstretched) neck
(exp) to wait for the enemy to tire at ease
(exp) to wait for a ripe moment
(exp) Man proposes, God disposes (proverb) (lit: Man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven or fate)