Await vs Ahead - What's the difference?
await | ahead |
(formal) To wait for.
* Milton
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To expect.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
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* Milton
To wait on, serve or attend.
To watch, observe.
To wait (on or upon).
To wait; to stay in waiting.
(label) A waiting for; ambush.
(label) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
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*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , VI.6:
*:For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […].
In or to the front; in advance; onward.
Having progressed more.
In the direction one is facing or moving.
in the future, preceding
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As a verb await
is to wait for.As a noun await
is a waiting for; ambush.As an adverb ahead is
in or to the front; in advance; onward.await
English
Verb
(en verb)- Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.
- Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.
- O Eve, some farther change awaits us nigh.
Synonyms
* (wait for) wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound)Usage notes
* As await means to wait for'', it is not followed by "for". ''*I am awaiting for your reply is therefore incorrect.Noun
(en noun)References
ahead
English
Adverb
(-)- The island bore but a little ahead of us. --Fielding.
- He is far ahead of his class in math.
- Just ahead you can see the cliffs.
