waiting

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): [ˈweɪ̯ɾɪŋ] Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English waitinge, waytynge, waitende, weytende, waitand, waytand, equivalent to wait +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== waiting present participle and gerund of wait === Etymology 2 === From Middle English waitynge, waytynge, equivalent to wait +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== waiting (countable and uncountable, plural waitings) (obsolete) Watching, observation; keeping watch, guarding. The act of staying or remaining in expectation. Attendance, service. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “waiting”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.