await answer
Frequency: 6.57.3 per million words
To wait for a reply, often in a formal context.
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Examples (10)
- We await your answer regarding the new proposal.
- The lawyer told his client he would await an answer from the prosecution.
- I shall patiently await your answer to my formal inquiry.
- The entire team is eagerly awaiting an answer about the project's funding.
- Having submitted our application, we now await their final answer.
- For how long must we await an answer on this urgent matter?
- He awaited her answer to his marriage proposal with bated breath.
- The committee will await an answer from the department before proceeding.
- In the silent hall, everyone awaited the queen's answer.
- We must await a definitive answer before making any commitments.