▸
wait on
PHRASAL VERB
If you
are waiting on
something, you are waiting for it to happen, for example before you do or decide anything. [AM
] □ [V
P
n]
▸ wait up
1
PHRASAL VERB
If you
wait up
, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night. □ [V
P
+
2
PHRASAL VERB
[usu imper] If you ask someone to
wait up
, you are asking them to go more slowly or to stop and wait for you. [AM
, INFORMAL
] □ [V
P
]
wait|er /we I tə r / (waiters )
1 N‑COUNT A waiter is a man who works in a restaurant, serving people with food and drink.
2 → see also dumb waiter
wai
t|ing ga
me
(waiting games
) N‑COUNT
[usu sing] If you play a
waiting game
, you deal with a situation by deliberately doing nothing, because you believe you will gain an advantage by acting later, or because you are waiting to see how other people are going to act. □
wai
t|ing list
(waiting lists
) N‑COUNT
[oft
wai t|ing room (waiting rooms ) also waiting-room N‑COUNT A waiting room is a room in a place such as a railway station or a clinic, where people can sit down while they wait.
wait|ress /we I trəs/ (waitresses , waitressing , waitressed )
1 N‑COUNT A waitress is a woman who works in a restaurant, serving people with food and drink.
2
VERB
A woman who
waitresses
works in a restaurant serving food and drink. □ [V
]
waive /we I v/ (waives , waiving , waived )
1
VERB
If you
waive
your right to something, for example legal representation, you choose not to have it or do it. □ [V
n]
2
VERB
If someone
waives
a rule, they say that people do not have to obey it in a particular situation. □ [V
n]
waiv|er
/we
I
və
r
/ (waivers
) N‑COUNT
A
waiver
is when a person, government, or organization agrees to give up a right or says that people do not have to obey a particular rule or law. □ [+
wake
◆◇◇ /we
I
k/ (wakes
, waking
, woke
, woken
)
The form
waked
is used in American English for the past tense.
1
VERB
When you
wake
or when someone or something
wakes
you, you become conscious again after being asleep. □ [V
]
2
N‑COUNT
[usu sing, with poss] The
wake
of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water. □ [+
3
N‑COUNT
[usu sing] A
wake
is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral. □