🇬🇧 Wait meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To stay somewhere and not go ahead yet because you are expecting something to happen or someone to come, even if it takes a little time.

Grandpa made us wait to eat the pizza until he took one million pictures of it like it was a celebrity.

I wait for the cookies to cool, but my nose keeps voting to eat them immediately.

My dog will wait under the table for one crumb like it’s a serious spy mission.

At the doctor’s office, I wait so long I start reading magazines about vegetables.

Penguins sometimes wait in giant lines to take turns jumping into the water, making them look like patient, tiny people in permanent tuxedos.

A small boy sits on a bus stop seat. He will wait and wait for his sister. He watches rain fall. He does not run. He must wait. He will wait until the bus comes. He will wait until the rain stops. At last the bus comes and his sister smiles; he jumps up and laughs.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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