"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
1. wait expectantly = poczekaj niecierpliwie wait expectantly
2. wait hopefully = poczekaj przy odrobinie szczęścia wait hopefully
  • All day Saturday and into that evening, people here waited hopefully for a decision, an outcome.
  • She waited hopefully for another month before saying anything to Abel or even seeing the doctor again.
  • Half a dozen complete strangers were waiting hopefully under the banner.
  • Then he waited hopefully to see if they'd brought him any sweet cakes or coffee.
  • They were much like dogs back on Earth, waiting hopefully for their masters to get up and be ready to pay attention to them again.
  • "We're hopefully waiting to see what happens in the stock market and the economy."
  • We watched it and waited hopefully for a little heat.
  • On their way out, they passed a growing crowd of customers waiting hopefully behind a chain.
  • When morning came the dogs were still waiting hopefully for the humans to come out.
  • "I'm waiting hopefully for the results of the second test," the 28-year-old rider told Spanish reporters.
(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
(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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