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• la|dy-in-wait|ing — lady in waiting, or la|dy in wait|ing «LAY dee ihn WAY tihng», plural ladies in waiting, la|dies in wait|ing. a lady of the royal household who accompanies or serves a queen or princess …   Useful english dictionary

• wait·ing game — /ˈweıtıŋ / noun [singular] : a situation in which you wait to see what happens before you decide what to do Until they make their decision, we re just playing a waiting game …   Useful english dictionary

• maid-in|wait|ing — maid in waiting, or maid in|wait|ing «MAYD IHNWAY tihng», noun, plural maids in waiting, maids in waiting. an unmarried noble lady who attends a queen or princess …   Useful english dictionary

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• wait- — *wait germ., Präterito Präsens: nhd. er weiß; ne. he knows; Rekontruktionsbasis: ae., anfrk., as., ahd.; Hinweis: s. *weitan; Etymologie: idg. *u̯oida …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

• wait — [[t]we͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ waits, waiting, waited 1) VERB: no passive When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. [V for n] I walk to a street corner …   English dictionary

• Wait/walk dilemma — The Wait/walk dilemma occurs when waiting for a bus at a bus stop, when the duration of the wait may exceed the time needed to arrive at a destination by another means, especially walking. The dilemma has been studied in an unpublished report… …   Wikipedia

• wait — ku·wait; wait·er; wait·er·ing; wait·ress; wait·ron; wait·staff; wait; …   English syllables

• lying in wait — ly·ing in wait adj: holding oneself in a concealed position to watch and wait for a victim for the purpose of making an unexpected attack and murdering or inflicting bodily injury on the victim Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary