en waiting

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, OpenCyc 2012, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Related terms

  • ar حضور (n) ➜
  • cs čekání (n) ➜
  • de stehend (a) ➜
  • de warten (n) ➜
  • de wartezeit (n) ➜
  • el αναμονή (n) ➜
  • en meantime (n) ➜
  • en on bench ➜
  • en outwait (v) ➜
  • en pending ➜
  • en stalking (n) ➜
  • en strike while iron is hot (v) ➜
  • en waiter (n) ➜
  • en attendance ➜
  • en expectation ➜
  • en service ➜
  • en wait ➜
  • es aguardamiento (n) ➜
  • fa انتظار (n) ➜
  • fi karenssiaika (n) ➜
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Synonyms

  • en ready and waiting (a, wn) ➜
  • en wait (n, act) ➜
  • ja スタンバイ (n) ➜
  • ja 待ち (n) ➜
  • en wait (n) ➜
  • fi odottaminen ➜
  • fi odotus ➜
  • fr attente ➜
  • ga fanacht ➜
  • it attesa ➜
  • ja 待つこと ➜
  • nl afwachten ➜
  • nl wachten ➜
  • no vente ➜
  • ru ожидание ➜

Things used for waiting

  • en a boarding room ➜
  • en a dental office ➜
  • en a dentist office ➜
  • en a parking lot ➜
  • en a reception ➜
  • en a seat ➜
  • en sitting on a chair ➜
  • en standing in line ➜
  • en standing up ➜
  • en a subway platform ➜
  • en a train station ➜

Things that require waiting

  • en standing in a queue ➜
  • en getting in line ➜

Derived terms

  • en in waiting ➜
  • en nonwaiting ➜
  • en waiting game ➜
  • en waiting room ➜
  • en waitingly ➜

waiting is a subevent of…

  • en read ➜

Causes of waiting

  • en standing in line ➜
  • en getting in line ➜

Subevents of waiting

  • en having an examination ➜
  • en going fishing ➜

Word forms

  • en waiting (n) ➜
  • en waitings (n) ➜

Root words

  • en wait (v) ➜
  • en wait ➜

Types of waiting

  • en waiting for bus (n) ➜

Effects of waiting

  • en boredom ➜

waiting makes you want…

  • en fiddle ➜

waiting is a type of…

  • en conscious activity (n) ➜

Links to other resources

  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Waiting
  • en.wiktionary.org waiting
  • fr.wiktionary.org waiting
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