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wait on
wait on vb (intr, preposition) 1. (Commerce) to serve at the table of2. to act as an attendant or servant to3. archaic to visit interj Austral and NZ stop! hold on! Also (for senses 1, 2, 3): wait uponThesaurus| Verb | 1. wait on - work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"attend to, assist, attend, servevalet - serve as a personal attendant toaid, assist, help - give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"fag - act as a servant for older boys, in British public schoolsserve - devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas; "She served the art of music"; "He served the church"; "serve the country" |
waitverb1. To look forward to confidently.Also used with for:anticipate, await, bargain for (or on), count on, depend on (or upon), expect, look for.Informal: figure on.2. To continue to be in a place:abide, bide, linger, remain, stay, tarry.Informal: stick around.Idiom: stay put.3. To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave:abide, bide, linger, pause, stay, tarry.4. Informal. To put off until a later time:adjourn, defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay, suspend, table, waive.Idiom: put on ice.phrasal verb
wait on or upon
1. To work and care for:attend, do for, minister to, serve.2. To place food before (someone):serve.nounAn act or the time of waiting:waiting.Translationswait on
wait on (someone or something)1. To serve a customer or patron. Is anyone waiting on table one?2. To be awaiting someone or something in particular, and thus unable to proceed. I'm waiting on Carrie's response, so I don't have an answer to your question yet.3. To visit someone in a formal show of respect. We must wait on the prince during his birthday festivities.See also: on, waitwait (up)on someoneFig. to pay homage to someone. (Stilted.) Do you expect me to wait upon you like a member of some medieval court? She waited on her grown children as if they were gods and goddesses.See also: on, waitwait on1. Also, wait upon. Serve, minister to, especially for personal needs or in a store or restaurant. For example, Guests at the Inn should not expect to be waited on-they can make their own beds and get their own breakfast . [Early 1500s] 2. Make a formal call on, as in They waited on the ambassador. [c. 1500] 3. Also, wait upon. Await, remain in readiness for, as in We're waiting on their decision to close the school. This usage, a synonym of wait for, dates from the late 1600s but in the mid-1800s began to be criticized by many authorities. However, by the late 1900s it had come into increasingly wider use and is again largely accepted. See also: on, waitwait on or wait uponv.1. To serve the needs of someone or something; be in attendance on someone or something: The clerk waited on a customer.2. To await someone or something: They're waiting on my decision.3. To make a formal call on someone; visit someone: We waited on the mourning widow to pay our respects.See also: on, waitEncyclopediaSeewaitwait on
Related to wait on: wait upSynonyms for wait onverb work for or be a servant toSynonyms- attend to
- assist
- attend
- serve
Related Words- valet
- aid
- assist
- help
- fag
- serve
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