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wait to stay in place in expectation of await The first known use: in the 13th century |
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4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
wait |
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3 Phonemes |
w A t |
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onset, rime |
w ait |
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Morpheme |
wait |
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Sentence Examples I hate waiting in long lines. They waited at the train station together. She waited behind after class to talk to the professor. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I waited and waited but he never showed up. We waited for the sun to set before starting the fire. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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