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11wait on — (someone) to serve someone. She waited on customers all day at the department store. He sits there in front of the TV and expects me to wait on him! Related vocabulary: wait on someone hand and foot …
12wait — [n] pause, delay down, downtime*, halt, hold*, hold up, interim, interval, on hold*, rest, stay, time wasted*; concept 807 Ant. act, continuation, doing wait [v] pause, rest abide, anticipate, await, bide, bide one’s time*, cool it*, dally, delay …
13wait-on — see ↑wait on below. • • • Main Entry: ↑wait …
14Wait — es una llamada al sistema del sistema operativo UNIX, estandarizada en POSIX (y otros). pid t wait(int *status) Permite a un proceso padre esperar hasta que termine un proceso hijo. El entero apuntado por el argumento status será actualizado con… …
15wait — I verb abide, await, be patient, bear with composure, bide, continue, defer, delay, discontinue, extend, forbear, halt, hesitate, linger, loiter, mark time, pause, postpone, procrastinate, prorogate, protract, put off, remain, remand, reserve,… …
16wait on — index pander, serve (assist) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17WAIT — (Computing » Assembly) * Why Am I Talking (Community » Educational) * Why Am I Tempted (Community » Religion) * Work Accidents Investigation Technique (Governmental » US Government) …
18wait\ on — • wait (up)on v 1. To serve. Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid. The clerk in the store asked if we had been waited upon. 2. formal To visit as a courtesy or for business. We waited upon the widow out of respect for her husband. John… …
19wait up — wait for someone to arrive, remain awake …
20wait — *stay, remain, abide, tarry, linger Analogous words: *delay, loiter Contrasted words: depart, leave, *go, withdraw, retire …
