English Online Dictionary. What means waiting? What does waiting mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweɪtɪŋ/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [ˈweɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [ˈweɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English waitinge, waytynge, waitende, weytende, waitand, waytand, equivalent to wait + -ing.
Verb
waiting
- present participle and gerund of wait
Etymology 2
From Middle English waitynge, waytynge, equivalent to wait + -ing.
Noun
waiting (countable and uncountable, plural waitings)
- (obsolete) Watching, observation; keeping watch, guarding.
- The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
- Attendance, service.
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “waiting”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.