"wait" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wait verbo

verbo + wait
Kolokacji: 45
stand waiting • sit waiting • keep waiting • settle to wait • afford to wait • prefer to wait • decide to wait • mind waiting • forced to wait • ...
wait + preposición
Kolokacji: 50
wait for • wait until • wait around • wait outside • wait till • wait out • wait up • ...
wait + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 84
wait long • wait patiently • wait impatiently • hardly wait • wait anxiously • wait expectantly • wait outside • wait quietly • simply wait • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 21
(2) patiently, impatiently
Kolokacji: 2
(3) hardly, barely, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(5) expectantly, hopefully
Kolokacji: 2
(6) outside, inside
Kolokacji: 2
(7) quietly, restlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, merely, well
Kolokacji: 3
(10) nervously, tensely
Kolokacji: 2
(11) politely, courteously
Kolokacji: 2
(12) calmly, coolly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) downstairs, below, upstairs
Kolokacji: 3
(14) indefinitely, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
1. wait indefinitely = poczekaj na czas nieokreślony wait indefinitely
  • It may still come, but we are not prepared to wait indefinitely.
  • He couldn't leave them waiting indefinitely for an elevator.
  • Homestake may be the best site, but the scientists are not willing to wait indefinitely.
  • Given the nature of fluent speech we might have to wait indefinitely.
  • "I can't go on indefinitely waiting for apocalyptic events to happen."
  • He took the position that baseball ought to wait indefinitely.
  • Some still weren't ready, and the rest, fourteen so far, were being held at source; but they couldn't wait indefinitely.
  • So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer, they have decided to try selling their house by auction.
  • We cannot wait indefinitely for the next steps in this field to be taken.
  • This is not an issue on which we can afford to wait indefinitely.
2. clearly wait = najwyraźniej poczekaj clearly wait
(15) respectfully, humbly, meekly
Kolokacji: 3
(17) desperately, forlornly
Kolokacji: 2
(18) deliberately, purposely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) dutifully, obediently
Kolokacji: 2
(20) endlessly, interminably
Kolokacji: 2
(21) placidly, kindly
Kolokacji: 2

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