Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - await

(awaits, awaiting, awaited) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you await someone or something, you wait for them. (FORMAL) He’s awaiting trial, which is expected to begin early next year. VERB: V n 2. Something that awaits you is going to happen or come to you in the future. (FORMAL) A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane. VERB: V n