Antonyms for waitings


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wey-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ tɪŋ


Definition of waitings

Origin :
  • early 13c., "a watcher, onlooker," from Old North French wait, Old French gaite, from gaitier (see wait (v.)). From late 14c. as "an ambush, a trap" (as in lie in wait).
  • As in abeyance : noun being inactive or suspended
  • As in latency : noun abeyance
  • As in expectancy : noun anticipation
  • As in ambush : noun lying in wait; concealed position
Example sentences :
  • It spoke in waitings and longings, and in tender glances and considerateness.
  • Extract from : « Tales of the Chesapeake » by George Alfred Townsend
  • Well, during all these shiftings and waitings the wounded get nothing to eat.
  • Extract from : « My War Experiences in Two Continents » by Sarah Macnaughtan
  • Of all waitings, the waiting upon patronage is the most tedious and the most enervating to the waiter.
  • Extract from : « Turns of Fortune » by Mrs. S. C. Hall
  • The danger would be in the waitings and disappointments that will often occur, even in the height of enjoyable schemes.
  • Extract from : « The Stokesley Secret » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Her waitings are on the threshold of the infinite, where, beckoning man to listen, she interprets the leaves of immortality.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • Women who had waited, and got patient at last after years of waitings could not endure these additional few hours.
  • Extract from : « More Cargoes » by W. W. Jacobs
  • He told about his wanderings and waitings with Raymond, which explained why he had not come back before.
  • Extract from : « Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal » by Oliver Optic
  • They need not have feared that their work of defence would be impeded by her waitings and tears.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • Then they came across each other in their waitings at the Public Library, and so found out their near neighborhood.
  • Extract from : « The Other Girls » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
  • During this most tedious of all their waitings, only one thing of real interest happened.
  • Extract from : « "Forward, March" » by Kirk Munroe

Synonyms for waitings

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