waiting

Definition

present participle and gerund of wait

Etymology

From Middle English waitinge, waytynge, waitende, weytende, waitand, waytand, equivalent to wait + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "Your guest has been waiting for you. (progressive) They hurried into the waiting car. (participle used as adjective)"
• "At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook."