long-awaitedˌlong-aˈwaited, long awaited adjective [only before noun] 
Examples
the long-awaited news of his release from prison
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Band members were celebrating the long-awaited release of their first album.
- It is hoped that these measures will trigger the long-awaited upturn in the economy.
- the long-awaited sequel to her first novel
- The court's long-awaited decision was unpopular with groups on both sides of the issue.
- The next morning we received the long-awaited order to attack.
- Across the country, anxious United Nations workers awoke to the thought that the long-awaited Khmer Rouge offensive had started.
- And hopes weakened of a long-awaited cut in interest rates which would give a real boost to the Government's election prospects.
- Britain had at last experienced the long-awaited, long-delayed bourgeois revolution.
- In the summer of 1780 came the long-awaited summons.
- The long-awaited supercomputer had been promised for last year, but the target date was later pushed back to October 1993.
- The advisory council goes out of business now, having delivered its long-awaited report.
- The election, locals said, hinged on discontent among some parents with the pace of long-awaited school repairs.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone or something is expected► expected
Collocations · An expected crowd of 200,000 will take part in the march.· The expected increase in interest rates has already had an effect on stock prices.
► long-awaited a long-awaited event, book, film etc is one that people have been expecting for a long time: · Band members were celebrating the long-awaited release of their first album.· The court's long-awaited decision was unpopular with groups on both sides of the issue.
► be due to be expected to happen, arrive, or be finished at a particular time: · When is your baby due?be due at: · The flight from New York is due at 10:30.be due in: · I've ruined the meal and our guests are due in half an hour!be due on: · The report is due on Monday, so we'll have to work over the weekend.be due to do something: · Federal employees are due to return to work on January 8.
to wait► wait to spend time not doing very much, while you are expecting something to happen or expecting someone to arrive: · Wait here until I get back.· Hurry up, everyone's waiting.wait for somebody: · I'll stay here and wait for Suzie.wait for something: · We spent almost an hour just waiting for the bus.wait (for) a minute/two hours/a long time etc: · Where have you been? I've been waiting since 7:00.· You'll have to wait a few minutes - I'm not ready yet.wait to do something: · Are you waiting to use the phone?wait for somebody/something to do something: · She waited for him to reply.· He waited for the applause to die down before he continued speaking.keep somebody waiting (=make someone wait, for example by arriving late): · I'm so sorry I kept you waiting.wait and see (=wait to find out what will happen): · I've done as much as I can - now all I can do is wait and see what happens.wait-and-see attitude/position/approach etc: · The airline industry has adopted a wait-and-see attitude to the report's proposals.
► hold on/hang on spoken to wait, especially in a difficult situation, hoping that something good will happen: · Captain Damas decided it was best to hold on and wait for the other ship to arrive.· We knew that if we hung on long enough, things were bound to change.
► hang around also hang about British informal informal to wait in one place without doing anything, so that you are wasting time: · Sally hung around for over an hour but no-one came.· I wish we could get on with the job. I hate all this hanging about.hang around for British: · We spent half an hour hanging about for Kerry.hang around for hours/ages etc: · We were hanging around for hours before they opened the gates.keep somebody hanging around: · We can't keep our troops hanging around forever, doing nothing.
► stand by to wait and be ready to do something if needed: · The family stood by, knowing that she might wake up any minute.stand by for: · The crew was ordered to stand by for take-off.stand by to do something: · The Foreign Minister had a helicopter standing by to whisk him to the northern city of Afula.
► wait your turn to wait before doing something that other people are also waiting to do, because some of them have the right to do it before you: · Everyone has to wait their turn.wait your turn to do something: · A long line of people waited their turn to shake his hand.
► sit out to wait until something has finished, especially something unpleasant or boring: sit it out: · If the plane's late, there's nothing we can do except sit it out.sit something out: · Tony forced himself to sit the play out.sit out something: · Like many people in the community, we sat out the storm at home, hoping no disasters would occur.
► await formal to wait for something: · The committee is awaiting a decision from head office before it takes any action.· Two men have been charged with murder and are now in prison awaiting trial.
► long-awaited used to describe things that you have waited for for a long time: · The next morning we received the long-awaited order to attack.· It is hoped that these measures will trigger the long-awaited upturn in the economy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► report
a long-awaited event, moment etc is one that you have been waiting a long time for: · The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple's bitter custody battle.· The advisory council goes out of business now, having delivered its long-awaited report.· If you are thoroughly bewildered by the long-awaited report of the Social Security Advisory Council, do not be.
the long-awaited news of his release from prison