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Definition of bated in English: batedadjective ˈbeɪtɪdˈbeɪdəd in phrase with bated breathIn great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly. he waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath Example sentencesExamples - I wait with bated breath to hear the outcome of this meeting.
- Excited denizens have waited with bated breath as the clock ticked by - months, days, hours and finally the big moment itself.
- If you have been waiting with bated breath to read it, email me.
- We await this demanded intervention with bated breath.
- Dolly and Graham and I watched with bated breath.
- Football fans are looking forward with bated breath to the clash of Kerry and near neighbours Limerick in the national league semi final later in the month of April.
- With millions of Indians waiting with bated breath over the decision of the men in blue for the mini World Cup, cricket fever has only just begun.
- Well, the American people don't sit around the table waiting with bated breath for the president to speak.
- Then we waited with bated breath for the response.
- I wait with bated breath to see what it will be like.
- Montreal waits with bated breath until it is announced that the city's official bird is the… American Golden Finch!
- As the 1000-odd crowd assembled at the spot watched with bated breath, the personnel started pulling the rope up with utmost care.
- We await disclosure of the price with bated breath.
- The winners will be announced with bated breath on June 24.
- While this haggling for coveted posts and berths is going on in political circles, the common people are watching the developments with bated breath.
- Now, we await the minister's threatened exposé with bated breath.
- The young ones were waiting with bated breath to have a rendezvous with Kalam, for wherever he tours, a session with kids is very much part of his itinerary.
- For the next four days, the nation and the world watched with bated breath to see whether a full-scale core meltdown would follow.
- He added: ‘We are all waiting with bated breath to hear what is in store.’
- While the rest of the world waited with bated breath to see if they could simply complete the facilities in time, the Athenians were always confident they could deliver.
Synonyms eagerly, agog, all agog, with bated breath, on tenterhooks, avid, excited, on edge, open-mouthed, anxious, edgy, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, overwrought, uneasy, worried
Usage The spelling baited breath instead of bated breath is a common mistake. Almost a third of citations for this idiom in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect spelling Origin Late 16th century: from the past participle of obsolete bate 'restrain', from abate. A shortened form of abated (Middle English), meaning ‘reduced, lessened’. The idea behind the phrase with bated breath is that the anxiety or excitement you experience while waiting for something to happen is so great that you almost stop breathing. The word is sometimes spelled baited, from a mistaken association with a fisherman's bait. It came from the Old French abattre ‘to fell’, from Latin ad ‘to, at’ and batt(u)ere ‘to beat’ which is also the source of abattoir, which to some extent replaced the medieval term slaughterhouse in the early 19th century.
Definition of bated in US English: batedadjectiveˈbeɪdədˈbādəd in phrase with bated breathIn great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly. he waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath Example sentencesExamples - For the next four days, the nation and the world watched with bated breath to see whether a full-scale core meltdown would follow.
- The young ones were waiting with bated breath to have a rendezvous with Kalam, for wherever he tours, a session with kids is very much part of his itinerary.
- Excited denizens have waited with bated breath as the clock ticked by - months, days, hours and finally the big moment itself.
- He added: ‘We are all waiting with bated breath to hear what is in store.’
- We await this demanded intervention with bated breath.
- Dolly and Graham and I watched with bated breath.
- If you have been waiting with bated breath to read it, email me.
- The winners will be announced with bated breath on June 24.
- Well, the American people don't sit around the table waiting with bated breath for the president to speak.
- With millions of Indians waiting with bated breath over the decision of the men in blue for the mini World Cup, cricket fever has only just begun.
- Football fans are looking forward with bated breath to the clash of Kerry and near neighbours Limerick in the national league semi final later in the month of April.
- I wait with bated breath to hear the outcome of this meeting.
- Now, we await the minister's threatened exposé with bated breath.
- Montreal waits with bated breath until it is announced that the city's official bird is the… American Golden Finch!
- As the 1000-odd crowd assembled at the spot watched with bated breath, the personnel started pulling the rope up with utmost care.
- I wait with bated breath to see what it will be like.
- While this haggling for coveted posts and berths is going on in political circles, the common people are watching the developments with bated breath.
- While the rest of the world waited with bated breath to see if they could simply complete the facilities in time, the Athenians were always confident they could deliver.
- Then we waited with bated breath for the response.
- We await disclosure of the price with bated breath.
Synonyms eagerly, agog, all agog, with bated breath, on tenterhooks, avid, excited, on edge, open-mouthed, anxious, edgy, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, overwrought, uneasy, worried
Usage The spelling baited breath instead of bated breath is a common mistake. Almost a third of citations for this idiom in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect spelling Origin Late 16th century: from the past participle of obsolete bate ‘restrain’, from abate. |