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[ verb ] look forward to the probably occurrence of
Examples : "We were expecting a visit from our relatives" "She is looking to a promotion" "he is waiting to be drafted" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)He took a midnight train out of Cleveland Saturday , without an official word to anybody , and has stayed away from newsmen on his train trip across_the_nation to Reno , Nev. , where his wife , former Olympic Diving Champion Zoe_Ann_Olsen , awaited . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Social invention did not have to await social theory any more than use of the warmth of a fire had to await Lavoisier or the buoyant protection of a boat the formulations of Archimedes . Social invention did not have to await social theory any more than use of the warmth of a fire had to await Lavoisier or the buoyant protection of a boat the formulations of Archimedes . Just as present technology had to await the explanations of physics , so one might expect that social invention will follow growing sociological understanding . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)However , as so many of the records are not certainly based on newborn snakes , these data must be taken tentatively ; final conclusions will have_to await the measurements of broods from definite localities . Related terms count_on look_forward look_to anticipate hang_on expect expect waiter |
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