TOP

Definition of waiting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

waiting

noun
 
/ˈweɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈweɪtɪŋ/
[uncountable]
jump to other results
  1. the fact of staying where you are or delaying doing something until somebody/something comes or something happens
    • No waiting (= on a sign at the side of the road, telling vehicles that they must not stop there).
  2. the job of working as a waiter or waitress see also waitressing
  3. see also call waiting, lady-in-waiting
See waiting in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
trait
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day